Does therapeutic temperature management after cardiac arrest increase the risk of bleeding?

Targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest.

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Targeted Temperature Management after Cardiac Arrest

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.

Recent evidence supports the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. This article reviews recent published studies and describes the pathophysiology of hypothermia. Nurses need to understand the physiology of hypothermia to provide care for patients receiving therapeutic hypothermia. A suggested protocol is included to help manage the care of these patients.

Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest.

The use of therapeutic hypothermia following different hypoxic-ischaemic insults has played an important role in various concepts of non-specific protection of cells for a long time. Although the use of deep therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in the last century did not lead to an improved outcome, recent data have demonstrated very positive effects of mild therapeutic hypothermia. Th...

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.

A 63-year-old man was at home watching television when his roommate noticed him gurgle and lose consciousness. He started cardiopul-monary resuscitation (CPR) and called emergency medical services. The initial rhythm was ventricular fibril-lation (VF). A perfusing rhythm was obtained within 15 minutes, but there were repeated episodes of VF requiring multiple defibrillations and repeated episod...