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ReviewBrain circulation

Hypothermia and brain inflammation after cardiac arrest.

Pouya Tahsili-Fahadan, Salia Farrokh, Romergryko G Geocadin

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Review in Brain circulation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pouya Tahsili-FahadanDepartment of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
Salia FarrokhDepartment of Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Romergryko G GeocadinDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cessation (ischemia) and restoration (reperfusion) of cerebral blood flow after cardiac arrest (CA) induce inflammatory processes that can result in additional brain injury. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been proven as a brain protective strategy after CA. In this article, the underlying pathophysiology of ischemia-reperfusion brain injury with emphasis on the role of inflammatory mechanisms is reviewed. Potential targets for immunomodulatory treatments and relevant effects of TH are also discussed. Further studies are needed to delineate the complex pathophysiology and interactions among different components of immune response after CA and identify appropriate targets for clinical investigations.

Indexed as

Brain injurycardiac arrestinflammationtherapeutic hypothermia

Identifiers

PMID30276330
PMCPMC6057700
OpenAlexW2801949133

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