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Induced Hypothermia in Severe Bacterial Meningitis A Randomized Clinical Trial

Bruno Mourvillier, Florence Tubach, Diederik van de Beek, et al. JAMA, 2013, Published online October 08, 2013. doi:10.1001/jam

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This open-label, multicenter, RCT tested the hypothesis that induced hypothermia (cooled to 32-34C for 48-hours) improved outcomes in adult patients with severe bacterial meningitis. They found that this was not the case, and that moderate hypothermia may be harmful, with the trial...


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