Neck cooling induces blood pressure increase and peripheral vasoconstriction in healthy persons.
Julia KoehnRuihao WangCarmen de Rojas LealBernd KallmünzerKlemens WinderMartin KöhrmannRainer KollmarStefan SchwabMax-Josef HilzPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2020)
While localized neck cooling prominently lowered neck skin temperature, it had little effect on tympanic temperature but significantly increased BP which may have detrimental effects in patients with acute brain injuries.