Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest

Submitted by larissa.velez on August 10, 2010 - 20:12
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Journal Name: 
NEJM
Year Published: 
2002
Article Keywords: 
hypothermia, cardiac arrest, resuscitation
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So, hypothermia has been around for a while...
Note: the study was in adults with VF/pulseless VT arrest only!!!
75/136 (55%) had a favorable neurologic outcome in the hypothermia (cooling to 32-34 degrees with extrenal cooling) group vs 54/137 (39%) in the control (RR 1.4). Mortality was also lower at 6 months in the hypothermia group. Complication rates were similar.