Open AccessHow Effective is Hypothermia for Neuroprotection in Adults after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
Author(s) -
Stephen Burgess
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
australasian journal of paramedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 2202-7270
DOI - 10.33151/ajp.8.1.105
Subject(s) - cardiopulmonary resuscitation , medicine , hypothermia , neuroprotection , clinical death , resuscitation , hospital discharge , anesthesia , intensive care medicine
After cardiopulmonary resuscitation, about one tenth to a third of successfully resuscitated patients leave hospital to live an independent life again. This review shows that therapeutic hypothermia with conventional cooling methods improves neurologic outcome and survival of patients successfully resuscitated after in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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