Impact of protocolized postarrest care with targeted temperature management on the outcomes of cardiac arrest survivors without temperature management.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Protocolized postarrest care that includes targeted temperature management (TTM) improves survival and neurological outcomes in cardiac arrest survivors. Whether the accumulated experience regarding the use of the protocolized approach also benefits patients who did not undergo TTM has yet to be investigated.

Methods

Adults (≥18 years old) with nontraumatic cardiac arrest and who survived to intensive care unit (ICU) admission were retrospectively recruited from a single tertiary medical centre from 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2017. Patients were excluded if they had traumatic injuries, were pregnant, did not survive to ICU admission, regained clear consciousness within 3 h after the return of spontaneous circulation, or underwent TTM. The sum of TTM cases since 20

SUBMITTER: Ling DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8725984 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature