Hypothermia after cardiac arrest: Beneficial, but slow to be adopted

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • July 2011,
  • 78
  • (7)
  • 441-448;
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10157

ABSTRACT

Survivors of cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation have improved neurologic outcomes if they are cooled to a core body temperature of 32°C to 34°C for 24 hours as soon as possible after reaching the hospital.

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