Therapeutic Hypothermia

Originally Published: Common Sense, Fall 2011 Original Authors: Daniel Boutsikaris, MD; Michael Scott, MD; Samantha Wood, MD; David Wacker, MD; Ali Farzad, MD; Michael Allison, MD Edited by Chris Doty, MD FAAEM; and Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM This edition of Resident Journal Review starts with a brief review of the current guidelines regarding therapeutic […]

Originally Published: Modern Resident, Dec/Jan 2010 Submitted by: Saadiyah Bilal, Publications Committee Co-Chair Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is the only intervention that has been shown to improve outcomes in comatose patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. TH is now recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the treatment of neurological injury when the initial cardiac rhythm […]