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Vnitr̆ní lékar̆ství · Nov 2009
Review[Current cooling methods for induction of mild hypothermia in cardiac arrest survivors].
- R Skulec, A Truhlár, P Ostádal, P Telekes, J Knor, M Tichácek, V Cerný, and J Seblová.
- Uzemní stredisko záchranné sluzby Stredoceského kraje Beroun. skulec@email.cz
- Vnitr Lek. 2009 Nov 1;55(11):1060-9.
AbstractInduction of mild therapeutic hypothermia early after return of spontaneous circulation improves prognosis of cardiac arrest survivors. Rapid cooling of the patients and correct maintainance of the target therapeutic temperature followed by controlled slow rewarming can be achieved by several noninvasive and invasive methods of various efficacy. Elementary and the most frequently used methods are surface cooling via ice-packs and rapid intravenous administration of cold crystaloids. Mattress cooling systems and facilities for endovascular cathether-cooling are more sophisticated, manageable and ensure more precise titration of therapeutic temperature. Cooling caps and helmets leading to selective head cooling can be used as the complementary techniques. Several other methods are too instrumentation-intensive, too invasive or investigated in animal experiments only. Anyway, near future may bring a rapid development of new effective and safe cooling systems.
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