Essential Facts on the History of Hyperthermia and their Connections with Electromedicine

The term hyperthermia is a combination of two Greek words: HYPER (rise) and THERME (heat) and refers to the increasing of body temperature or selected tissues in order to achieve a precise therapeutic effect. This paper reviews the development of thermotherapy by describing the most important moments in its history. For decades, the development of hyperthermia ran parallel with the development of cancer treatment and had numerous connections with electromedicine. Throughout its history, hyperthermia evoked a number of hopes, brought spectacular successes, but also was the subject of many disappointments

Meta-analysis.

<p>(A) Forest plot of ADEM prevalence among other neurological disorders. Showing the pooled event rate with 95% CI using fixed-effect model. (B) Forest plot of ADEM prevalence within dengue patients. Showing the pooled event rate with 95% CI using a random-effects model. (C) Forest plot of neurological disorders prevalence within dengue patients. Showing the pooled event rate with 95% CI using fixed-effect model.</p

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

<p>Axial non-contrast (fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI.</p

The association of patients’ characteristics and manifestations with ADEM cases’ outcomes.

<p>The association of patients’ characteristics and manifestations with ADEM cases’ outcomes.</p

PRISMA chart showing the flow of publications via the review process.

<p>PRISMA chart showing the flow of publications via the review process.</p

The main manifestations, treatments used for ADEM and outcomes of the included cases.

<p>The main manifestations, treatments used for ADEM and outcomes of the included cases.</p