A renowned Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC neurosurgeon will lead a $11.5 million National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial examining the effectiveness of induced hypothermia as a therapy for brain swelling in children who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.

P. David Adelson, MD, director of the Pediatric Neurotrauma Center at Children’s and the A. Leland Albright Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will lead researchers at 12 sites throughout the country…

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