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ReviewBrain circulation

Therapeutic hypothermia: Applications in adults with acute ischemic stroke.

Andrea M Kuczynski, Andrew M Demchuk, Mohammed A Almekhlafi

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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 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Prognostic value of beat-to-beat blood pressure variability parameters in patients after mechanical thrombectomy.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  17. Effect of Therapeutic Hypothermia on Liver Enzymes in Patients With Stroke.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2020
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  18. Hypothermic neuroprotection against acute ischemic stroke: The 2019 update.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2020
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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 2 countries.

Andrea M KuczynskiCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Andrew M DemchukCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Mohammed A AlmekhlafiCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Ontario Brain Institute · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of mechanical thrombectomy and increasing alteplase use have transformed the care of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Patients with major arterial occlusions with poor outcomes now have a chance of returning to independent living in more than half of the cases. However, many patients with these severe strokes suffer major disability despite these therapies. The search is ongoing for agents that can be combined with thrombectomy to achieve better recovery through halting infarct growth and mitigating injury after ischemic stroke. Several studies in animals and humans have demonstrated that therapeutic hypothermia (TH) offers potential to interrupt the ischemic cascade, reduce infarct volume, and improve functional independence. We performed a literature search to look up recent advances in the use of TH surrounding the science, efficacy, and feasibility of inducing TH in modern stroke treatments. While protocols remain controversial, there is a real opportunity to combine TH with the existing therapies to improve outcome in adults with acute ischemic stroke.

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Hypothermiaischemianeuroprotectionstroke

Identifiers

PMID31334356
PMCPMC6611191
OpenAlexW2953495254

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