POLAR Randomized Clinical Trial - Effect of Early Sustained Prophylactic Hypothermia on Neurologic Outcomes Among Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury


JAMA. 2018;320(21):2211-2220. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.17075 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2710778


Conclusion: Among patients with severe traumatic brain injury, early prophylactic hypothermia compared with normothermia did not improve neurologic outcomes at 6 months. 


- Visual Abstract by Dr. Jonny Wilkinson @Wilkinsonjonny 


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