Brain temperature monitoring and modulation in patients with severe MCA infarction

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Schwab, S
Schwarz, S
Steiner, T
Pilz, J
Spranger, M
Hacke, W
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[1] Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg
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10.1212/WNL.48.3.762
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Background: Brain temperature has been measured only occasionally in humans. After head trauma, a temperature gradient in brain temperature compared with body temperature of up to 3 °C degrees higher in the brain has been reported. Elevated temperature facilitates neuronal injury after ischemia. At present, no information concerning changes in brain temperature after acute stroke is available. Methods: In 15 patients who had suffered severe ischemic stroke in the MCA territory, intracerebral temperature was recorded with use of two different thermocouples, with intraventricular, epidural, and parenchymatous measurements. Body-core temperature (Foley catheter temperature) and jugular bulb temperature (n = 5) were recorded simultaneously. Measures for reducing brain temperature were compared. Results: In all patients, brain temperature exceeded body-core temperature by at least up to 1 °C (range, 1.0 to 2.1 °C). Temperature in the ventricles exceeded epidural temperature by up to 2.0 °C. Brain temperature modulation was independent of single pharmacologic (paracetamol, metamizol) treatments. Only systemic cooling was effective and sustained hypothermic (33 to 34 °C) brain temperatures. Conclusion: After MCA stroke, human intracerebral temperature is higher than central body-core temperature. There is also a temperature gradient within the brain, with the ventricles warmer than the surface. Mild hypothermia in the treatment of severe cerebral ischemia with use of cooling blankets is both easy to perform and effective in the therapy of severe hemispheric infarction.
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