Safety of therapeutic hypothermia in post VF/VT cardiac arrest patients

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is a process of cooling a patient post ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) cardiac arrest to 32-34 degrees C for 24 hours. This improves neurological outcome and is part of current guidelines. Hypothermia prolongs QT interval, which can precipitate t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Irish medical journal 2013-02, Vol.106 (2), p.55-56
Hauptverfasser:	Riaz, A, Hieb, H, Foley, B, Mulvihill, N, Crean, P, Murphy, R T, Daly, C, Boyle, N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amiodarone - therapeutic use Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - therapeutic use Electrocardiography Female Heart Arrest - complications Heart Arrest - physiopathology Heart Arrest - therapy Humans Hypothermia, Induced - adverse effects Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Tachycardia, Ventricular - complications Time Factors Ventricular Fibrillation - complications
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