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Study Shows Interesting Results on Mild Hypothermia Treatment for Comatose Survivors

August 14, 2014

More Articles – Cardiac Arrest, comatose survivors, hypothermia, shockable vs. nonshockable rhythms

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Mild hypothermia is standard of care for comatose survivors after cardiac arrest. Now there is new evidence that survivors of PEA arrest do better neurologically compared with survivors of VF/VT arrests. A retrospective, single-center study shows comatose survivors with shockable…

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Study Shows Interesting Results on Mild Hypothermia Treatment for Comatose Survivors

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