Acute brain injury and therapeutic hypothermia in the PICU: A rehabilitation perspective

摘要: Acquired brain injury from traumatic injury, cardiac arrest (CA), stroke, and central nervous system infection is a leading cause of morbidity mortality in the pediatric population reason for admission to inpatient rehabilitation. Therapeutic hypothermia only intervention shown have efficacy bench bedside improving neurological outcome after birth asphyxia adult arrhythmia-induced CA, thought be due its multiple mechanisms action. Research determine if therapeutic should applied other causes how best apply it underway children adults. Changes clinical practice hospitalized brain-injured child may effects on rehabilitation referral practices, goals strategies therapies offered, increase degree complex medical problems seen referred