Mild hypothermia treatment

During MHT, the room temperature was set at 17°C. The patients were asked to lie on the temperature-controlled blanket (Blanketrol II; CSZ, Cincinnati, OH, USA) for physical cooling, and the habination mixture of 100 mg chlorpromazine and 100 mg promethazine in 500 mL water or sedative drug of morphine sulfate in 100 mL water was administrated by intravenous injection to decrease the rectal temperature to 35°C within 6 hours and maintain at 33°C–35°C. When ICP became normal within 48 hours, the rewarming was started by controlling the temperature of the blanket to increase the rectal temperature from 36.5°C to 37.0°C for 12 hours. The breathing machine was applied if necessary. The heart rate, blood pressure, and muscle tone were monitored.