Intracranial temperature recordings in human subjects. The contribution of the neurosurgeon to thermal physiology

摘要

Experimental research of the late 1980s and the results of recent clinical trials have shown that small changes in brain temperature have a remarkable effect on the extent of neurological damage following injury and ischaemic insult. The potential benefits and problems associated with mild neuroprotective hypothermia have given the rationale for monitoring the temperature of its target organ, the brain. Though most of these studies were carried out in unconscious patients and those with CNS damage, they have also yielded some information pertinent to major questions on cerebral thermo regulation.