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 Case ReportTherapeutic hypothermia in drowning induced hypoxic brain injury: a case reportRamesh K Batra  and Jonathan J Paddle  Intensive Care Unit, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust, Truro, UK  author email corresponding author email
Cases Journal 2009,
2:9103doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9103
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27 November 2009 |
Abstract
Background
Although therapeutic hypothermia for neuroprotection has been in use for over half a century but its use has been controversial in absence of proper guidelines. However for over two decades there has been revived interest in mild therapeutic hypothermia (32 - 34°C) for neuroprotection.
Case
A 17 year-old female tourist was rescued from sea. She received cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for about 16 minutes. But she had sustained significant neurological insult as a result of hypoxic brain injury. Therapeutic hypothermia was added to her regime of neuroprotection in intensive care unit, and her neurological status improved in just 8 hours with full correction of her coma score by day 4. | 
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