Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve the Neurologic Outcome after Cardiac Arrest

Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group, The

doi:10.1056/nejmoa012689

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Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve the Neurologic Outcome after Cardiac Arrest

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Feb 21, 2002

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The Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrest with widespread cerebral ischemia frequently leads to severe neurologic impairment. We studied whether mild systemic hypothermia increases the rate of neurologic recovery after resuscitation from cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation. METHODS: In this multicenter ...

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Medicine

Hypothermia

Ventricular fibrillation

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