Jennifer E Fugate, DO, Samuel A Moore, MD, David S Knopman, MD, et al. Neurology. Originally published July 2, 2013.
“Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest strikes suddenly and is frequently fatal.”
“During a cardiac arrest, neuronal injury begins to occur because blood flow to the brain ceases, causing loss of consciousness.”
“Induction of moderate therapeutic hypothermia is the only neuroprotective strategy that has been proven to improve neurologic outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.”
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