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ICU Management

2024 28 Oct

  Temperature control in managing post-anoxic brain injury remains debated. The Hypothermia versus Normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (TTM-2) trial showed no improvement in mortality or functional outcomes with therapeutic hypothermia at 33 °C in unconscious out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients, compared to early fever avoidance...Read more

Cardiology Management

2021 22 Jun

Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius. However, findings from a large, randomised clinical trial led by Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden show that this treatment does not improve survival.    "These results will affect the current...Read more