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A Prospective Analysis of the Effect of Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest

NCT00676598 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2012-01-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Therapeutic hypothermia has been shown to improve survival and neurologic outcome in patients resuscitated after ventricular fibrillation arrest.

Few studies have examined whether therapeutic hypothermia is effective outside the research setting, or with other presenting rhythms.

Our institution, a large community teaching hospital, instituted a therapeutic hypothermia protocol in November 2006 for all resuscitated cardiac arrest patients.

The investigators seek to determine the mortality rate of our protocol and compare our complication rates with those of previously published studies.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Arrest

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Advocate Hospital System

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erik B Kulstad, MD,MS · advocate christ medical center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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