Top

Published in:

01-12-2006 | Letter

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest – the implementation of the ILCOR guidelines in clinical routine is possible!

Authors: Christian Storm, Joerg C Schefold, Lutz Nibbe, Frank Martens, Anne Krueger, Michael Oppert, Achim Joerres, Dietrich Hasper

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 6/2006

Excerpt

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest is a treatment with a high level of evidence. In 2003 the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) recommended such treatment for all comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest when the initial rhythm was ventricular fibrillation [1]. …

Nolan JP, Morley PT, Vanden Hoek TL, Hickey RW, Kloeck WG, Billi J, Bottiger BW, Morley PT, Nolan JP, Okada K, et al.: Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: an advisory statement by the advanced life support task force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Circulation 2003, 108: 118-121. 10.1161/01.CIR.0000079019.02601.90CrossRefPubMed

Abella BS, Rhee JW, Huang KN, Vanden Hoek TL, Becker LB: Induced hypothermia is underused after resuscitation from cardiac arrest: a current practice survey. Resuscitation 2005, 64: 181-186. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.09.014CrossRefPubMed

Merchant RM, Soar J, Skrifvars MB, Silfvast T, Edelson DP, Ahmad F, Huang KN, Khan M, Vanden Hoek TL, Becker LB, et al.: Therapeutic hypothermia utilization among physicians after resuscitation from cardiac arrest. Crit Care Med 2006, 34: 1935-1940. 10.1097/01.CCM.0000220494.90290.92CrossRefPubMed

Laver SR, Padkin A, Atalla A, Nolan JP: Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: a survey of practice in intensive care units in the United Kingdom. Anaesthesia 2006, 61: 873-877. 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04552.xCrossRefPubMed

Sander M, von Heymann C, Spies C: Implementing the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation guidelines on hypothermia after cardiac arrest. The German experience: still a long way to go? Crit Care 2006, 10: 407. 10.1186/cc4882PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed

Title: Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest – the implementation of the ILCOR guidelines in clinical routine is possible!
Authors: Christian Storm
Joerg C Schefold
Lutz Nibbe
Frank Martens
Anne Krueger
Michael Oppert
Achim Joerres
Dietrich Hasper
Publication date: 01-12-2006
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 6/2006
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc5061

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest – the implementation of the ILCOR guidelines in clinical routine is possible!

Excerpt

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Excerpt

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 6/2006

Effect of extracorporeal liver support by MARS and Prometheus on serum cytokines in acute-on-chronic liver failure

Microdialysis shows metabolic effects in skin during fluid resuscitation in burn-injured patients

Reduction of nosocomial pneumonia after major burns by trace element supplementation: aggregation of two randomised trials

Outcome of postoperative critically ill patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: an observational retrospective case-control study

Recently published papers: putting fluids in and taking fluids out

Luminal concentrations of L- and D-lactate in the rectum may relate to severity of disease and outcome in septic patients