Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Dec 2014
Editorial CommentA revival for immunoglobulin therapy in septic shock?
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Intensive care medicine · Dec 2014
Temporal trends in cardiac arrest incidence and outcome in Finnish intensive care units from 2003 to 2013.
To estimate temporal trends in incidence and hospital mortality after cardiac arrest in Finnish intensive care units. ⋯ Our data suggest that the incidence of ICU-CA has decreased in Finnish ICUs between 2003 and 2013. Similar reduction in hospital mortality over time was observed for both ICU-CA and non-CA populations.
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Intensive care medicine · Dec 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyImpact of intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia in outcomes of prehospital cardiac arrest: a randomized controlled trial.
Mild therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is recommended as soon as possible after the return of spontaneous circulation to improve outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Preclinical data suggest that the benefit of TH could be increased if treatment is started during cardiac arrest. We aimed to study the impact of intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia (IATH) on neurological injury and inflammation following OHCA. ⋯ IATH did not affect biological markers of inflammation or brain damage or clinical outcome.