ArticleCirculation2015
The Utility of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome Patients With an Initial Nonshockable Rhythm.
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- Induced Hypothermia in Patients with Cardiac Arrest and a Non-shockable Rhythm: Meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis.Neurocritical care · 2021Pooled it
- The Role of Targeted Temperature Management in Adult Patients Resuscitated from Nonshockable Cardiac Arrests: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2016Pooled it
- EAST Multicenter Trial on targeted temperature management for hanging-induced cardiac arrest.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2018Trial
- Effectiveness of 33 °C targeted temperature management in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after resuscitation: a retrospective study.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Article
- Improving Quality in Cardiac Arrest via Resuscitation Academy Training (IQ-CART): Study Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study With a Focus on Low-Performing EMS Agencies.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2025Article
- Mild hypothermia and neurologic outcomes in patients undergoing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.Journal of cardiac surgery · 2022Article
- Impact of cooling method on the outcome of initial shockable or non-shockable out of hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving target temperature management: a nationwide multicentre cohort study.Annals of intensive care · 2021Article
- Implementation of Targeted Temperature Management After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Observations From the Los Angeles County Regional System.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Article
- Targeted temperature management in cardiac arrest patients with a non-shockable rhythm: A national perspective.American heart journal · 2020Article
- [Targeted temperature management for cardiac arrest with nonshockable rhythm].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2020Article
- Protective effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on intestinal mucosal injury after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigs.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2019Article
- Targeted Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest: The Montreal Heart Institute Experience.CJC open · 2019Article
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- Early administration of cold water and adipose derived mesenchymal stem cell derived exosome effectively protects the heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury.American journal of translational research · 2019Article
- Intubation is not a marker for coma after in-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective study.Resuscitation · 2017Article
- Association Between Therapeutic Hypothermia and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.JAMA · 2016Article
- Glibenclamide Is Comparable to Target Temperature Management in Improving Survival and Neurological Outcome After Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest in Rats.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2016Article
- Therapeutic hypothermia impacts leukocyte kinetics after cardiac arrest.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2016Article
- Letter by Chan Regarding Article, "The Utility of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome Patients With an Initial Nonshockable Rhythm".Circulation · 2016Article
- Response to Letter Regarding Article, "The Utility of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome Patients With an Initial Nonshockable Rhythm".Circulation · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundTherapeutic hypothermia (TH) attenuates reperfusion injury in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. The utility of TH in patients with nonshockable initial rhythms has not been widely accepted. We sought to determine whether TH improved neurological outcome and survival in postarrest patients with nonshockable rhythms. METHODS AND
resultsWe identified 519 patients after in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with nonshockable initial rhythms from the Penn Alliance for Therapeutic Hypothermia (PATH) registry between 2000 and 2013. Propensity score matching was used. Patient and arrest characteristics used to estimate the propensity to receive TH were age, sex, location of arrest, witnessed arrest, and duration of arrest. To determine the association between TH and outcomes, we created 2 multivariable logistic models controlling for confounders. Of 201 propensity score-matched pairs, mean age was 63 ± 17 years, 51% were male, and 60% had an initial rhythm of pulseless electric activity. Survival to hospital discharge was greater in patients who received TH (17.6% versus 28.9%; P < 0.01), as was a discharge Cerebral Performance Category of 1 to 2 (13.7% versus 21.4%; P = 0.04). In adjusted analyses, patients who received TH were more likely to survive (odds ratio, 2.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.6-4.7) and to have better neurological outcome (odds ratio, 3.5; 95% confidence interval, 1.8-6.6) than those that did not receive TH.
conclusionsUsing propensity score matching, we found that patients with nonshockable initial rhythms treated with TH had better survival and neurological outcome at hospital discharge than those who did not receive TH. Our findings further support the use of TH in patients with initial nonshockable arrest rhythms.
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