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14.09.2021 | Correspondence
Sweeping TTM conclusion may deprive many post-arrest patients of effective therapy
verfasst von:
Lucia Rivera-Lara, Sung-Min Cho, Romergryko G. Geocadin
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 12/2021
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Fernando et al. [
1] presented a comprehensive meta-analysis of six randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in comatose patients who suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). They categorized the data into four subgroups based on the target temperature (31–32 °C, defined as ‘deep hypothermia’; 33–34 °C ‘moderate hypothermia’; 35–36 °C ‘mild hypothermia’; and 37–37.8 °C ‘normothermia’). They concluded that mild, moderate, or deep hypothermia may not improve survival or functional outcome after OHCA, as compared to normothermia. …