The New Zealand medical journal
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Therapeutic hypothermia is independently associated with favourable outcome after resuscitation from outof-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective, observational cohort study.
To determine the association between use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) after resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and neurological outcome. ⋯ The use of TH in patients admitted to ICU after resuscitation following OHCA was independently associated with favourable neurological outcome.