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Table 2 Characteristics and demographic parameters of patients in the included studies

From: Therapeutic hypothermia versus normothermia in adult patients with traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis

References

N

Age (years)

Gender (M/F)

Target T (°C)

Time from TBI to strating TH (h)

Duration of hypothermia (h)

Duration of rewarming

Clifton et al. (1993)

 Hypothermia

24

16–55

Unknown

32–33

6

48

1 °C/4 h

 Normothermia

22

16–60

Unknown

Shiozaki et al. (1993)

 Hypothermia

16

35.3 ± 15.3

6 M, 10 F

34

5–6

>48

>24 h

 Normothermia

17

35.4 ± 12.6

10 M, 7 F

Marion et al. (1997)

 Hypothermia

40

31 ± 12

36 M, 4 F

32–33

Unknown

24

<1 °C/h

 Normothermia

42

35 ± 15

33 M, 9 F

    

Shiozaki et al. (1999)

 Hypothermia

8

31.4 ± 12.7

8 M, 0 F

33.5–34.5 (intracranial)

Unknown

48

1 °C/day

 Normothermia

8

40.3 ± 23.1

5 M, 3 F

Jiang et al. (2000)

 Hypothermia

43

42.2

35 M, 8 F

33–35

15

72–366

1 °C/h

 Normothermia

44

40.6

37 M, 7 F

Clifton et al. (2001)

 Hypothermia

199

31 ± 12

Unknown

33

6

48

0.25 °C/h

 Normothermia

193

32 ± 13

Unknown

Shiozaki et al. (2001)

 Hypothermia

45

35 ± 20

35 M, 10 F

34

Unknown

48

1 °C/24 h

 Normothermia

46

32 ± 17

31 M, 15 F

    

Gal et al. (2002)

 Hypothermia

15

Unknown

Unknown

34

15

72

Unknown

 Normothermia

15

Unknown

Unknown

Hashiguchi et al. (2003)

 Hypothermia

9

29 ± 14.9

9 M, 0 F

34 (intracranial)

Unknown

48

1 °C/day

 Normothermia

8

39.1 ± 13.2

5 M, 3 F

Zhi et al. (2003)

 Hypothermia

198

43 ± 17

Unknown

32–35

9

62.4

0.25 °C/h

 Normothermia

198

42 ± 19

Unknown

Qiu et al. (2005)

 Hypothermia

43

40

26 M, 17 F

33–35

Unknown

72–120

Unknown

 Normothermia

43

42.3

30 M, 13 F

Qiu et al. (2006)

 Hypothermia

45

40.1 ± 9.8

29 M, 20 F

33–35

Unknown

72

8–20 h

 Normothermia

45

41.8 ± 11.7

30 M, 15 F

    

Qiu et al. (2007)

 Hypothermia

40

41.3

25 M, 15 F

33–35

4.1

96

10–24 h

 Normothermia

40

40.2

27 M, 13 F

Lee et al. (2010)

 Hypothermia

29

44.0 ± 15.1

17 M, 12F

33–35

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

 Normothermia

16

43.5 ± 16.4

10 M, 6 F

Zhao et al. (2011)

 Hypothermia

40

36.9 ± 14.8

29 M, 10 F

32.7

Within 24

72

Unknown

 Normothermia

41

37.5 ± 15.2

30 M, 11 F

Clifton et al. (2011)

 Hypothermia

52

26

Unknown

33–35

1.6

48

0.5 °C/2 h

 Normothermia

45

31

Unknown

Maekawa et al. (2015)

 Hypothermia

98

39 ± 19

69 M, 29 F

32–34

Within 2

≥72

1 °C/1 day

 Normothermia

50

39 ± 18

34 M, 16 F

Andrews et al. (2015)

 Hypothermia

191

37.4 ± 15.4

Unknown

32–35

Unknown

>48

1 °C/4 h

 Normothermia

189

36.7 ± 14.9

Unknown

  1. Plus–minus values are mean ± SD
  2. M male, F female, T temperature, N number, TH therapeutic hypothermia