ALSIUS IVTM REFERENCES

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• Therapeutic Cooling: Reducing Fever
• Therapeutic Cooling: Induced Hypothermia
• Therapeutic Warming

Therapeutic Cooling: Reducing Fever

Journal Articles

Effectiveness of an Intravascular Cooling Method Compared With a Conventional Cooling Technique in Neurologic Patients; Hinz J, Rosmus M, Popov A, Moerer O, Frerichs I, Quintel M. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2007;19:130-135

Intravascular Temperature Modulation in the Neurosurgical Critical Care Unit. Lasater; Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, October 2006, Vol 38, No.5

Safety and Therapeutical Benefit of Hemicraniectomy Combined with Mild Hypothermia in Comparison with Hemicraniectomy Alone in Patients with Malignant Ischemic Stroke; Thomas Els, et al. from Cerebrovascular Diseases 2006;21:79-85

Induction of Hypothermia After Intraoperative Hypoxic Brain Insult - Case Report; McDonagh et al by Anesth Analg 103:180 -181, table of contents, 2006.

Managing temperature in brain-injured patients; Olson & Graffagnino from Nursing (2005) 35;7:32cc1-32cc2.

Treatment of fever in the neurologic intensive care unit with a catheter-based heat exchange system. Diringer MN. et al, Critical Care Medicine 32: 559-564, 2004.

Safety and efficacy of a novel intravascular cooling device to control body temperature in neurologic intensive care patients: A prospective pilot study. Schmutzhard E, Engelhardt K, Beer R, Brössner G, Pfausler B, Spiss H, Unterberger I, Kampfl A. Critical Care Medicine 2004; 32: 2481-2488

Prophylyctic Normothermia - a new concept with innovative technology. Schmutzhard et al. International Journal of Intensive Care 2003; Spring

Endovascular Cooling with Heat Exchange Catheters: A New Method to Induce and Maintain Hypothermia. Keller E, Imhof HG, Gasser S, Terzic A, Yonekawa Y. Intensive Care Medicine 29: 939-943, 2003.

Endovascular Cooling for Moderate Hypothermia in Patients with Acute Stroke: First Results of a Novel Approach; Georgiadis D, Schwarz S, Kollmar R, Schwab S. Stroke 32:11:2550-2553, Nov 2001.

White Papers

Fever in the Neuro ICU: Current Prevention Methods Are Inadequate. Marion.

Temperature Elevations Are Deleterious In The Brain-Injured Patient. Ginsberg.

Poster Sessions

Induced Normothermia Improves Brain Neurochemistry After Traumatic Brain Injury. Miller, Hirt, Vespa, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center. Neurocritical Society Annual Meeting Poster Presentation, November 2007

Experience with long-term hypothermia in 90 patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Emanuela Keller, Professor of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland. Oral presentation at the 13th Annual International Symposium Intracranial Pressure (ICP) and Brain Monitoring, San Francisco, July, 2007

Controlled Normothermia Attenuates Intracranial Hypertension After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury by Puccio et al (2007 SCCM Nursing Member Research Scholarship Winners). Crit Care Med Vol. 34, No. 12 (Suppl): A82, #303

Fever control using a "CoolGard System" by Karen Holmes, Practice Development Nurse, Critical Care & Sandy Whitehead at Nottingham University Hospitals, September 2006

Using the Alsius Intravascular HT Device, Poster Presentation at the AANN San Diego Meeting, April 22- 25, 2006 by Jean Pruitt & Jill Jones at Emory University Hospital

A Hot Topic: Temperature Regulation in the Neuroscience Patient, Poster Presentation at the AANN San Diego Meeting, April 22- 25, 2006 by Nicole Bennett & Jessica Ziegler at University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin

Use of Intravascular Temperature Modulation as as Adjunct to Prevention of Secondary Brain Injury in a Patient with an Epidural Hematoma at the AANN San Diego Meeting, April 22 - 25, 2006 by Marie Lasater at Barnes Jewish Hospital.

Intravascular Fever Control with the Alsius Cool Line Catheter vs. Traditional Means of Fever Control in the Neurotrauma ICU: A Nursing Survey. Gielarowski, Puccio, Darby and Yonas from Dept. of Neurosurgery at University of Pittsburgh. Poster Presentation at the Trauma Nursing (STN) Meeting, March 19, 2005

Intravascular Cooling Device in Patients with Severe Head Injury. Stipper M, Kerr M, Puccio A, Darby J, Yonas H. Neurocritical Care Society Meeting (NCS) Scottsdale, Arizona, February 27, 2005, 8:00- 9:30a.m.

Novel Intravascular Heat Exchange Central Venous Catheter Reduces Fever and Nursing Time Associated with Neuro Intensive Care Patients. Lemon N. AANN Region 6 Meeting September 27, 2004

Therapeutic Cooling: Induced Hypothermia

Journal Articles

Endovascular cooling in a patient with neuroleptic malignant syndrome, Diedler et al from Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany and Department of Neurology, Pontificia, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile. J Neurological Sciences 264 (2008) 163-165.

Interventional Hypothermia and Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Patient with Anterior Wall ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Aborted Sudden Death. Koutouzis et al from Second Cardiology Department, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece. Hellenic J Cardiol 48: 377- 379, 2007.

Comparison of different cooling methods to induce and maintain normo-and hypothermia in ICU patients: a prospective intervention study. Hoedemaekers CC, Ezzahti MM, et al. Crit Care 11:R91, 2007.

Efficacy of and tolerance of mild induced hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using an endovascular cooling system. Pichon N, Amiel JB, Francois B, Dugard A, Etchecopar C, Vignon P. Critical Care 11:R71, 2007.

Implementation of a standardised treatment protocol for post resuscitation care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Sunde K, Pytte M, Jacobsen D, Mangschau A, Jensen LP, Smedsrud C, Draegni T, Steen PA. Resuscitation, 73, 29-39, 2007.

Clinical application of mild therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest; Arrich J & ERC HACA-R Study Group. Crit Care Med 35: 1041-1047, 2007.

Endovascular cooling improves neurological short-term outcome after prehospital cardiac arrest. Feuchtl A. GB, Lawrenz T., Bartelsmeier M., Stellbrink C. Intensivmed 44:37-42, 2007.

Cold infusions alone are effective for induction of therapeutic hypothermia but do not keep patients cool after cardiac arrest. Kliegel et al from Journal of Resuscitation, RESUS-3107 (2007)

Comparison of external and intravascular cooling to induce hypothermia in patients after CPR. Flemming K. SG, Ziegs E., Diewok C., Gildemeister R., Wunderlich C., Strasser R. from Dept. of Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. GMS Ger Med Sci 4, Dec 2006.

Equipment review: Cooling catheters to induce therapeutic hypothermia? By Polderman et al, Critical Care 2006, 10:234 (9 November) doi:10.1186/cc5023

Efficacy and Safety of Endovascular Cooling After Cardiac Arrest: Cohort Study and Bayesian Approach. Holzer M, Mullner M, Sterz F, Robak O, Kliegel A, Losert H, Sodeck G, Uray T, Zeiner A, Laggner AN. Stroke 37:1792-1797, 2006.

Extracorporeal venovenous cooling for induction of mild hypothermia in human-sized swine. Holzer M, Behringer W, Janata A, Bayegan K, Schima H, Deckert Z, Losert U, Laggner AN, Sterz F. Crit Care Med 33:1346-1350, 2005.

Case report: severe heat stroke with multiple organ dysfunction - a novel intravascular treatment approach. Broessner et al. Critical Care 2005, 9: R498-R501 (DOI 10.1186/cc3771).

Cold Simple Intravenous Infusions preceding special endovascular cooling for faster induction of mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest - a feasibility study. Kliegel A, Losert H, Sterz F, Kliegel M, Holzer et al. Resuscitation 64: 347-351, 2005.

Therapeutic Hypothermia with Endovascular Cooling; Kjetil Sunde, Intensive Care Med, 2004;12:1

Endovascular hypothermia for heat stroke: a case report. Mégarbane B, Resiere D, Delahaye A, Baud FJ. Intensive Care Med 30:170, 2004.

Feasibility of Endovascular Cooling as an Adjunct to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Results of the LOWTEMP Pilot Study). Kandzari DE, Chu A, Brodie BR, Stuckey TA, Hermiller JB, Vetrovec GW, Hannan KL, Krucoff MW, Christenson RH, Gibbons RJ, Sigmon KN, Garg J, Hasselblad V, Collins K, Harrington RA, Berger PB, Chronos NA, Hochman JS, Califf RM. Am J Cardiol 93:636-639, 2004.

White Papers

Safety and Efficiency of Intravascular Temperature Management for Therapeutic Hypothermia. Don Marion.

Poster Sessions

Hypothermia for Refractory Status Epilepticus. Corry, Axelrod, Murphy, Diringer. Washington University St. Louis. Neurocritical Society Annual Meeting Poster Presentation, November 2007.

EMS induced hypothermia protocol for patients experiencing ROSC after cardiac arrest. Brent Myers, WakeMed, NC. 2nd International Brain Hypothermia Symposium in Miami, Florida. October 25 - 27, 2007.

Efficacy and tolerance of hypothermia after cardiac arrest using an endovascular cooling system by Pichon et al, 19th ESICM Annual Congress - Barcelona, Spain. Intensive Care Medicine, Vol 32, Sup 13/ Sept 2006: S29 (0095)

Resuscitative Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest: Performance in a Community Hospital at the CHEST Cardiac Issues in Critical Care in Montreal, Canada Meeting, November 1, 2005. Grimes, Anderson, Horiuchi, Concha, Fleegler, Hurwitz et al. CHEST / 128 / 4 / OCTOBER, 2005 SUPPLEMENT 167S.

Therapeutic Warming

Journal Articles

Case Report: Core warming of a burn patient during excision to prevent hypothermia. Corallo, King Pizano, Namias, Schulman from DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Burns (2007), doi:10.1016/j.burns.2007.08.012./

Intravascular Temperature Control System to Maintain Normothermia in Organ Donors. Bassin, Bleck, Nathan. Neurocritical Care DOI 10.1007/s12028-007-9008-0.

A novel method of intravascular temperature modulation to treat severe hypothermia by Lasater et al, Emerg. Med. J. 2006;23;56-doi:10.1136/emj.2006.035360

White Papers

Intravascular Temperature Control for the Maintenance of Normothermia During Burn Surgery. Carl Schulman. October 2007.

Poster Sessions

Use of an Intravascular Warming Catheter to Maintain Normothermia During Surgery. Carl Schulman at Jackson Memorial, Miami. Southern Regional Burn Conference Poster Presentation, Augusta, Georgia. November 2 - 3, 2007.

Using an Intravascular Warming Catheter to Maintain Normothermia During Burn Surgery. King, Corallo at Ryder Trauma, Miami. American College of Surgeons (ACS) Poster Presentation, October 8 - 11, 2007.

Temperature Control in a Case of Hyperthermia in a Burns Patient - The Novel Use of A Catheter Based Heat Exchange System. Alice Mavrogordato at Nottingham, England. European Burns Association Poster Presentation, September 13 - 15, 2007.

Using an intravascular cooling device to reverse refractory burn-associated hypothermia by Koukoulitisios et al, 19th ESICM Annual Congress - Barcelona, Spain (Monday, September 25, 2006, 11:10H - 13:00H). Intensive Care Medicine, Vol 32, Sup 13/ Sept 2006: S29 (0095)

Preliminary Report of a Novel Therapy for Maintaining Normothermia in Organ Donors; Bleck et al, NTI 5-8-04 Poster Sessions

Feasibility of an Intravenous Warming Device to Rewarm Cardiac surgery Patients; Koenders et al by Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery