Inducing and maintaining normothermia using temperature modulation devices to improve outcomes after stroke or subarachnoid haemorrhage

Recommendation ID: IPG701/1
Question: Evidence on the safety and efficacy of inducing and maintaining normothermia using temperature modulation devices to improve outcomes after stroke or subarachnoid haemorrhage is inadequate in quality and quantity. Therefore, this procedure should only be used in the context of research. Find out what only in research means on the NICE interventional procedures guidance page.
Any explanatory notes (if applicable): Further research should preferably be randomised controlled trials. It should report details of patient selection (including cause of fever, severity of stroke and neurological injury), method and duration of cooling, time from the neurological injury and onset of fever to starting cooling, complications related to the procedure and the device, neurological outcomes assessed using validated measures, and patient-reported outcomes (including quality of life) in the long term.

Source guidance details

Comes from guidance: Inducing and maintaining normothermia using temperature modulation devices to improve outcomes after stroke or subarachnoid haemorrhage
Number: IPG701
Date issued: July 2021

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research?	Yes
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?	No
Last Reviewed	31/07/2021