ILCOR neonatal cooling guideline
On the basis of the published data to date the Neonatal Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation […]
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hypothermia
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How to give cold saline in the field
Pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia might be a good thing, but there may be difficulties in achieving it if the 4 degrees […]
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Pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia
A Czech study demonstrated effective pre-hospital therapeutic cooling of post-cardiac arrest patients using fairly modest amounts of intravenous saline at […]
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Hypothermia and hypokalaemia
We all like to treat selected post cardiac arrest patients with hypothermia now, but isn’t hypothermia associated with a drop […]
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Brain chain
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been associated with improved outcomes in term infants who present with moderate hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). However, […]
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In-flight cooling after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Aeromedical retrieval specialists in Scotland developed a simple, cheap, effective in-flight cooling protocol using intravenous (IV) cold Hartmann’s solution and […]
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Pre-hospital cooling post arrest
An Australian randomised controlled trial assessed the effect of pre-hospital cooling (using 2 litres ice cold Hartmann’s) of post-cardiac arrest […]
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PCI and therapeutic hypothermia
Percutaneous coronary intervention did not increase the risk of dysrhythmia, infection, coagulopathy, or hypotension associated with therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac […]
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Therapeutic hypothermia for newborns
In three randomised controlled trials encompassing 767 infants with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, induced moderate hypothermia for 72 hours significantly reduced the […]
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Therapeutic hypothermia with simple measures
Thirty-eight post-cardiac arrest patients were effectively cooled to the target temperature range of 32-34 celsius using intravenous cold saline and […]