Targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest: the longer, the better?

Wulfran Bougouin^{1

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3}, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou¹, Florence Dumas¹, Alain Cariou^{1

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4}

Affiliations

¹ Paris-Cardiovascular-Research-Center, INSERM U970, Paris, France.
² Université Paris-Descartes-Sorbonne-Paris-Cité (Faculté de Médecine), Paris, France.
³ Paris Sudden-Death-Expertise-Centre, Paris, France.
⁴ Medical ICU, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.

Editorial

Wulfran Bougouin et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;10(1):49-51.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.12.13.

Wulfran Bougouin^{1

2

3}, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou¹, Florence Dumas¹, Alain Cariou^{1

2

3

4}

¹ Paris-Cardiovascular-Research-Center, INSERM U970, Paris, France.
² Université Paris-Descartes-Sorbonne-Paris-Cité (Faculté de Médecine), Paris, France.
³ Paris Sudden-Death-Expertise-Centre, Paris, France.
⁴ Medical ICU, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Alain Cariou received fees from Bard for lectures; the other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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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