PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Santosh Samuel Oommen AU - Venu Menon TI - Hypothermia after cardiac arrest: Beneficial, but slow to be adopted AID - 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10157 DP - 2011 Jul 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 441--448 VI - 78 IP - 7 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/7/441.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/7/441.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2011 Jul 01; 78 AB - 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.