Southern medical journal
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Southern medical journal · Apr 2010
Multicenter StudyCommunity-based application of mild therapeutic hypothermia for survivors of cardiac arrest.
To demonstrate that the application of therapeutic hypothermia is technically feasible in a community-based setting. ⋯ A simple protocol of mild therapeutic hypothermia using locally available resources is technically feasible and safe in a community-based setting.
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Southern medical journal · Apr 2010
Multicenter StudyPredictors of poor neurologic outcome in patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been shown to reduce the degree of anoxic brain injury, decrease mortality, and improve neurologic recovery in patients surviving cardiac arrest. However, there is a paucity of data on potential markers of neurologic outcome that physicians can use in this setting. ⋯ Several simple, reproducible clinical markers can help predict neurologic recovery, during and after treatment, in patients managed with TH for cardiac arrest.