Therapeutic Hypothermia in the Treatment of Cardiac Arrest

This work has examined the use of hypothermia in treating cardiac arrest, which is an important scientific advance especially for the American Heart Association's goal of reducing mortality rates associated with heart disease by 25%. (Nichols, 2008) The health status of individuals has suffered due to modernization of life in general however, medical advances in the area of cardiac arrests and particularly in the area of neurological functional recovery due to the hypoxic -- ischemic insults developed during and after the cardiac arrest as noted by Bessman (2010)

In addition, only 11% to 48% of surviving patients are noted with positive neuro functional clinical impact upon discharge. Therapeutic hypothermia is stated to result in a gain of 0.66 life years adjusted for quality when compared with normothermia treatment as noted by Merchant (2009). Eligibility is based upon criteria set by The Hypothermia...
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