Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: This study investigated the utilisation of therapeutic hypothermia on consecutive patients with cardiac arrest because of drowning between 2005 and 2008. The study was conducted retrospectively, collecting data by reviewing medical records. Hypothermia, with a target temperature of 32-34°C, was induced for 24 h. Neurological outcomes were classified using the cerebral performance categories (CPCs). The primary outcome was neurological function at discharge. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | S P Choi, C S Youn, K N Park, J H Wee, J H Park, S H Oh, S H Kim, J Y Kim |
Journal | Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
(Acta Anaesthesiol Scand)
Vol. 56
Issue 1
Pg. 116-23
(Jan 2012)
ISSN: 1399-6576 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22091986
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2011 The Authors Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica © 2011 The Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Foundation. |
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Aged
- Body Temperature
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Emergency Medical Services
- Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
(physiology)
- Female
- Heart Arrest
(etiology, therapy)
- Humans
- Hypothermia, Induced
- Length of Stay
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Near Drowning
(therapy)
- Nervous System Diseases
(etiology)
- Neurologic Examination
- Prognosis
- Seizures
(etiology)
- Survival
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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