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Hypothermia after cardiac arrest: beneficial, but slow to be adopted
Santosh Samuel Oommen1, Venu Menon
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. santosh_oommen@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Survivors of cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation have improved neurologic outcomes if they are cooled to a core body temperature of 32°C to 34°C for 24 hours as soon as possible after reaching the hospital.
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