ECPR Combined With Therapeutic Hypothermia Could Improve Survival and Neurologic Outcomes for Patients With Cardiac Arrest: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with CPR (eCPR) or therapeutic hypothermia (TH) seems to be a very effective CPR strategy to save patients with cardiac arrest (CA). Furthermore, the subsequent post-CA neurologic outcomes have become the focus. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find a way to improve survival and neurologic outcomes for CA. Objective: We conducted this meta-analysis to find a more suitable CPR strategy for patients with CA. Method: We searched four online databases (PubMed, Embase, CENTRAL, and Web of Science). From an initial 1,436 articles, 23 studies were eligible into this meta-analysis, including a total of 2,035 patients. Results: eCPR combined with TH significantly improved the short-term (at discharge or 28 days) surviv

SUBMITTER: Duan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8414549 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature