Temperature control after cardiac arrest

Abstract Most of the patients who die after cardiac arrest do so because of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI). Experimental evidence shows that temperature control targeted at hypothermia mitigates HIBI. In 2002, one randomized trial and one quasi-randomized trial showed that temperature control...

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Main Authors: Claudio Sandroni, Daniele Natalini, Jerry P. Nolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04238-z