Association Between Therapeutic Hypothermia and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Therapeutic hypothermia is used for patients following both out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest. However, randomized trials on its efficacy for the in-hospital setting do not exist, and comparative effectiveness data are limited.

Objective

To evaluate the association between therapeutic hypothermia and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Design, setting, and patients

In this cohort study, within the national Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation registry, 26 183 patients successfully resuscitated from an in-hospital cardiac arrest between March 1, 2002, and December 31, 2014, and either treated or not treated with hypothermia at 355 US hospitals were identified. Follow-up ended February 4, 2015.

Exposure

Induction of therapeutic hyp

SUBMITTER: Chan PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5486217 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature