A Pilot Study of Intra-arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia in Patients Suffering Non-Traumatic Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Summary

The objective of this study will be to assess the frequency of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), survival to admission, survival to discharge from the hospital, and neurologic function at time of discharge from the hospital among patients experiencing out of hospital cardiac arrest randomized to receive either intra-arrest induction of therapeutic hypothermia (IATH) or post-arrest therapeutic hypothermia (TH).

Timeline

Start

2011-08

Primary completion

2012-06

Completion

2012-06

Publications

• Background Garrett JS, Studnek JR, Blackwell T, Vandeventer S, Pearson DA, Heffner AC, Reades R. The association between intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia and return of spontaneous circulation among individuals experiencing out of hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2011 Jan;82(1):21-5. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.09.473. Epub 2010 Oct 30.

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