Thermoregulation in post-cardiac arrest patients treated with targeted temperature management.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluate the relationship between heat generation during rewarming in post-cardiac arrest patients receiving targeted temperature management (TTM) as a surrogate of thermoregulatory ability and clinical outcomes.

Methods

This is a prospective observational single-centre study conducted at an urban tertiary-care hospital. We included post-cardiac arrest adults who received TTM via surface cooling device between April 2018 and June 2019.

Results

Patient heat generation was calculated by multiplying the inverse of the average machine water temperature with time to rewarm to 37 °C and standardized in two ways to account for target temperature variation: (1) divided by number of degrees between target temperature and 37 °C, and (2) limited to when patient was rew

SUBMITTER: Hoeyer-Nielsen AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8096702 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature