TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 188. Induction of Therapeutic Hypothermia A1 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2013 T2 - Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e AB - Sudden cardiac death claims approximately 450,000 victims in the United States every year.1 The mortality rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains a staggering 65% to 95%, with only 10% to 20% of survivors discharged from the hospital with a good neurologic outcome.2 Therapeutic hypothermia for the treatment of comatose survivors of cardiac arrest is the only therapy proven to improve survival and neurological outcome.3 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57719469 ER -