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Implementation of a Hospital-wide Protocol for Induced Hypothermia Following Successfully Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest
- Source :
- Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 9:216-220
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2010.
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Abstract
- Permanent neurologic impairment following cardiac arrest is often severely debilitating, even after successful resuscitation. Therapeutic hypothermia decreases anoxic brain injury and subsequent cognitive deficits. Current practice guidelines recommend therapeutic hypothermia in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. To address the multifacets of therapeutic hypothermia, we assembled a multidisciplinary task force including members from various specialties to create an evidence-based guideline with transparency across disciplines and consistency of care. We describe our institutional guidelines for the initiation and management of induced hypothermia in patients successfully resuscitated from a cardiac arrest.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Clinical Protocols
Hypothermia, Induced
medicine
Humans
In patient
Coma
Hypoxia, Brain
Intensive care medicine
Anoxic brain injury
Monitoring, Physiologic
business.industry
Task force
Patient Selection
Guideline
Hypothermia
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Heart Arrest
Survival Rate
Current practice
Evidence-Based Practice
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Successful resuscitation
Interdisciplinary Communication
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest
Life Support Systems
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1535282X
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1055d7dae0e3b022c1b2194d336fe1f8