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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-11-01
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Series: | Critical Care |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04238-z |