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The treatment of hypothermia in children with TBI remains controversial. We conducted a search of six online databases to validate the literature on comparing hypothermia with normal therapy for children with TBI. Eight randomized controlled trials (514 patients) were included. The meta-analysis indicated that hypothermia therapy may increase the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) scores. However, in terms of improving the rate of complications, intracranial pressure (ICP), mortality, cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), and length of stay both in hospital as well as pediatric ICU, the difference was not statistically significant. Hypothermia therapy may have clinical advantages in improving the GOS scores in children with TBI compared with normothermic therapy, but hypothermia therapy may have no benefit in improving the incidence of complications, ICP, mortality, CPP, and length of stay both in pediatric ICU as well as hospital. The decision to implement hypothermia therapy for children with TBI depends on the advantages and disadvantages from many aspects and these must be considered comprehensively.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci12081009","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,31]],"date-time":"2022-07-31T21:49:02Z","timestamp":1659304142000},"page":"1009","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Effect of Hypothermia Therapy on Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Qiujing","family":"Du","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"West China School of Nursing\/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuwei","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"West China School of Nursing\/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xinrong","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"West China School of Nursing\/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ka","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"West China School of Nursing\/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"489","DOI":"10.1001\/jamaneurol.2019.4476","article-title":"Prognostic Value of Spreading Depolarizations in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury","volume":"77","author":"Hartings","year":"2020","journal-title":"JAMA Neurol."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1078","DOI":"10.1001\/jamapediatrics.2018.2740","article-title":"Prevalence of Parent-Reported Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Associated Health Conditions","volume":"172","author":"Lee","year":"2018","journal-title":"JAMA Pediatr."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Vavilala, M.S., Lujan, S.B., Qiu, Q., Bell, M.J., Ballarini, N.M., Guadagnoli, N., Depetris, M.A., Faguaga, G.A., Baggio, G.M., and Busso, L.O. 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