Open AccessTherapeutic hypothermia for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An analysis comparing cooled and not cooled groups at a Canadian center
Author(s) -
David A. MacLean,
Ryan Stevenson,
Iqbal Bata,
Robert S. Green
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.102403
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , hypothermia , intensive care unit , retrospective cohort study , single center , mortality rate , emergency medicine , pediatrics
Out of hospital cardiac arrest is a devastating event and is associated with poor outcomes; however, therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is a novel treatment which may improve neurological outcome and decrease mortality. Despite this, TH is not uniformly implemented across Coronary Care and Intensive Care Units in Canada.