Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest.
Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest.
Ashkan Mohammad H. Marissa Patrick Kara Alex Laurie Ali H Afshin Forouzanfar Reitsma Sur Estep Lee Marczak M,A. Afshin,151 Authors,C. Murray
2002 · DOI: 10.1056/NEJMOA012689
New England Journal of Medicine · 8,520 Citations
TLDR
In patients who have been successfully resuscitated after cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation, therapeutic mild hypothermia increased the rate of a favorable neurologic outcome and reduced mortality.