Therapeutic hypothermia for cardiac arrest: real-world utilization trends and hospital mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves outcomes following cardiac arrest in small clinical trials.

Objective

To study real-world utilization and outcomes in US hospitals.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

California hospitals.

Patients

Patients eligible for therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.

Interventions

We analyzed all discharges from California (1999-2008) to identify patients eligible for TH after cardiac arrest. Patients were considered eligible for TH if both cardiac arrest and anoxic brain injury were among the administrative diagnoses (n = 46,833). Patients undergoing TH (n = 204) were identified through billing codes.

Measurements

TH utilization and in-hospital mortality.

Results

Use of TH incre

SUBMITTER: Jena AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3515738 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature