Selective Brain Cooling Protects Against TBI

Therapeutic hypothermia is a promising treatment for patients with severe TBI. Using a head cap and neck band filled with cooling material, patients who underwent such cooling after admission, had a far higher rate of good neurological outcome than those who did not. The non-evasive procedure is a safe method of improving the prognosis in severe TBI patients and hopefully this treatment will begin to be offered in the United States soon.