RT Book, Section
A1 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 57719469
T1 Chapter 188. Induction of Therapeutic Hypothermia
T2 Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-161352-1
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57719469
RD 2024/04/24
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