Researchers followed a TH protocol for 140 OHCA patients who remained unresponsive after the return of spontaneous circulation. They found an overall survival to hospital discharge rate of 56 percent. Ninety-two percent of survivors were discharged with a positive neurological outcome. In addition, data showed a 20 percent increase in the risk of death for each hour of delay before the cooling process.
Read the Circulation abstract on therapeutic hypothermia.
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