Clinical cardiology
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Clinical cardiology · Dec 2006
Induced hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; initial experience in a community hospital.
Successful resuscitation from sudden cardiac death is frequently accompanied by severe and often fatal neurologic injury. Induced hypothermia (IH) may attenuate the neurologic damage observed in patients after cardiac arrest. ⋯ A program of induced hypothermia based in a community hospital is feasible, practical, and requires limited additional financial and nursing resources. Survival and neurologic recovery compare favorably with clinical trial outcomes.