Cooling after cardiac arrest-the longer the better?

Kees H Polderman^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, United General Hospital, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
² Department of Intensive Care, Basildon University Hospital, Basildon, UK.

Editorial

Kees H Polderman. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;10(Suppl 26):S3300-S3304.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.07.96.

Kees H Polderman^{1

2}

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, United General Hospital, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
² Department of Intensive Care, Basildon University Hospital, Basildon, UK.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

How long should comatose patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest be cooled?
Kirkegaard H, Taccone FS, Skrifvars MB, Søreide E. Kirkegaard H, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Oct;10(10):E761-E763. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.98. J Thorac Dis. 2018. PMID: 30505521 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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