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Published in: Critical Care 1/2011

Open Access 01-02-2011 | Poster presentation

Use of the Medicool™ cooling system to increase efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia post cardiac arrest

Authors: I Goodhart, R Porter, A Temple

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Patients admitted to intensive care (ITU) at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals who have had a cardiac arrest are cooled according to the local therapeutic hypothermia (TH) protocol regardless of rhythm or location of arrest [1]. A previous audit identified poor efficacy in cooling patients to target [2]. Following this, the Medicool™ device was purchased to improve cooling. This aim of this evaluation is to assess the efficacy of cooling with Medicool™. …
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1.
Porter R, et al.: Therapeutic Hypothermia Guidelines following Cardiac Arrest. Sheffield: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals; 2010.
2.
Meekings T, et al.: Audit of outcome of patients admitted to ITU following either in or out of hospital arrest. Intensive Care Med 2009,35(Suppl 1):22..
Metadata
Title
Use of the Medicool™ cooling system to increase efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia post cardiac arrest
Authors
I Goodhart
R Porter
A Temple
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9726

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