TTM is not a novel phenomenon, with concepts of hypothermia as a therapeutic measure having been applied historically (Marion et al, 1996). In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates favoured...
It is important to understand how the body is affected at the time of cardiac arrest and during the reperfusion that occurs following successful resuscitation. While achieving a ROSC in OHCA is not a...
It remains the case that a major cause of mortality and morbidity in North America for patients below 45 is traumatic brain injury (TBI) (Rutland-Brown et al, 2006). In the US it ranges to 1.4–1.7...
With the publication of the 2010 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines (Nolan et al, 2010) late last year, the use of therapeutic hypothermia was recommended for the first time as part of the...
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