Targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest: when, how deep, how long?

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Editorial

Samuel A Tisherman. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;9(12):4840-4843.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.20.

¹ Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: SA Tisherman is a co-author of a patent for “Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation Method”.

Prolonged targeted temperature management in patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Kirkegaard H, Taccone FS, Skrifvars MB, Søreide E. Kirkegaard H, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Oct;10(10):E752-E754. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.78. J Thorac Dis. 2018. PMID: 30505518 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Kirkegaard H, Søreide E, de Haas I, Pettilä V, Taccone FS, Arus U, Storm C, Hassager C, Nielsen JF, Sørensen CA, Ilkjær S, Jeppesen AN, Grejs AM, Duez CHV, Hjort J, Larsen AI, Toome V, Tiainen M, Hästbacka J, Laitio T, Skrifvars MB. Kirkegaard H, et al. JAMA. 2017 Jul 25;318(4):341-350. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.8978. JAMA. 2017. PMID: 28742911 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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