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  • Induced Hypothermia Does Not Improve Outcomes For Patients With Severe Bacterial Meningitis

    Source: http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/...al-meningitis/

    Induced Hypothermia Does Not Improve Outcomes For Patients With Severe Bacterial Meningitis
    November 27, 2013

    In a study of adults with severe bacterial meningitis, therapeutic hypothermia (reduction of body temperature) did not improve outcomes, and it may even have been harmful, according to a study appearing in the November 27 issue of JAMA.

    Among adults with bacterial meningitis, the case fatality rate and frequency of neurologic complications are high, especially among patients with pneumococcal meningitis. In animal models of meningitis, moderate hypothermia has shown favorable effects, according to background information in the article...
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