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@MISC{Resuscitation_heartassociation,
author = {European Resuscitation and Council Hypother},
title = {Heart Association Advisory Committee for},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Clinical application of mild therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest* Jasmin Arrich, MD; The European Resuscitation Council Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Registry Study Group Postresuscitative mild hypother-mia decreases mortality and re-duces neurologic impairmentafter cardiac arrest. This associ-ation was reported by two randomized con-trolled trials (1, 2) and confirmed by meta-analysis (3). Therapeutic hypothermia is recommended by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) (4). Recently, the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) recommended mild hypo-thermia for unconscious adult patients with restoration of spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation, and the American
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heart association advisory committee spontaneous circulation european resuscitation council hypothermia european resuscitation council ventricular fibrillation unconscious adult patient mild hypo-thermia randomized con-trolled trial international liaison committee re-duces neurologic impairmentafter cardiac arrest mild therapeutic hypothermia clinical application cardiac arrest jasmin arrich out-of-hospital cardiac arrest hypother-mia decrease mortality therapeutic hypothermia
