March - 2002
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 Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrestThe Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group New England Journal of Medicine , 2002, 345:549-556 This page is only available to Crit-IQ subscribers. To view the rest of this review and gain access to our vast array of critical care teaching tools including podcasts, vodcasts, modules, exam preparation tools, teaching aids and much more, login here, or Become a Member to register |
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Along with its partner (Bernard et al) published in the same edition of NEJM, this sentinel paper demonstrates significant benefit from mild hypothermia in hypoxic brain injury. The results demonstrate an improvement in satisfactory neurological outcome rates of about 50%.