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stroke, hypothermia hope

is effective due to the slowdown in the demand for oxygen in the brain and helps prevent further damage

Freeze, or rather cool, the brains of patients with stroke, can significantly improve their recovery, reduce brain damage and improve survival. A hypothesis that is discussed by a group of Scottish doctors in Brussels. Goal: a European trial in which to test the technique, similar to other already been successfully tested on patients with heart attacks and injuries at birth. To date, studies have involved people who were "cool" by using intravenous drops of ice and cold pads on the skin that have lowered the temperature to 35 degrees, a couple of degrees below normal.

IBERNA - The technique of Scottish researchers puts the body in a state of artificial hibernation, in which the brain can survive with less blood supply, giving doctors a vital time to treat blood vessels blocked or those who have fallen. "Every day thousands of citizens die for a stroke - said Malcolm Macleod - ie one every 90 seconds, and twice survived with severe disabilities. With therapeutic hypothermia may improve outcomes for at least 40 thousand citizens per year. " Macleod and his team have now joined a consortium of European doctors to seek funds for a trial on 1,500 patients with stroke, which would include the Italian hospitals. The study also affects the European Space Agency for its potential applications in future long distance space travel.

ELEVEN HOSPITALS - The cooling of the body would be done in different ways, from the cover coolant injection of saline infusion at 4 degrees. To promote research and the Eurohypo consortium, which organized the meeting in Brussels. The ultimate goal is to get a loan of 12 million Euros from the EU Commission and another 4 million from universities and private institutions, to start with the trial on 1,500 patients across Europe for five years starting in 2012. In the project involving 80 hospitals in 21 countries, including Italy. "The Italian centers interested in participating in the protocol are eleven, from Rome to Florence, Milan, Lecco, Verona and Treviso - says Francesco barley, Director of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital of the Capital -. In cities such as Rome, there are about 20 cases per day and in Italy there are about 190 thousand each year. Approximately 20-30% is restored completely in one month but about 20-25% die within a year, especially in the first month. The others did not recover completely, motor or cognitive disabilities that remain. " The idea is to intervene by bringing the patient to a temperature of 35 degrees in the first six hours after ischemic stroke: therapeutic hypothermia, a kind of lethargy induced in the brain, is effective due to the slowdown in the demand for oxygen and helps to prevent further damage. "This treatment would reduce the disability associated with stroke - said barley -. The experimental results are highly encouraging, but there is no scientific validation. "

SOURCE: corriere.it