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ArticleJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2019

Selective brain cooling: Let us have a moment of science.

Mohammed A Almekhlafi, Fred Colbourne, Abdulaziz S Al Sultan, Mayank Goyal, Andrew M Demchuk

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Article in Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Selective intra-carotid blood cooling in acute ischemic stroke: A safety and feasibility study in an ovine stroke model.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2021
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  4. Targeted temperature management and early neuro-prognostication after cardiac arrest.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed A Almekhlafi1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, at Cumming school of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Fred Colbourne4 Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Abdulaziz S Al Sultan1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, at Cumming school of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Mayank Goyal2 Department of Radiology at Cumming school of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Andrew M Demchuk1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, at Cumming school of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
University of Calgary · CAUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selective brain cooling is a promising advent for reducing final infarct volume and improving outcomes in ischemic stroke victims. Despite the robust body of evidence from animal studies, evidence supporting the use of selective hypothermia in stroke patients is lacking. A recent study provided promising results on the safety and possible efficacy of selective brain hypothermia via intraarterial infusion of cooled saline. Better understanding of the patients' population that may attain benefit from this approach will be informative. Details of infarct progression using perfusion imaging will also help understand the mechanism of effect of selective hypothermia to inform future trials.

Indexed as

Hypothermia, InducedAnimalsCerebral InfarctionHumansStrokeendovascularHypothermiaischemianeuroprotectionperfusion

Identifiers

PMID30215541
PMCPMC6311662
OpenAlexW2890697844

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Registered trials

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