Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Mild therapeutic hypothermia shortens intensive care unit stay of survivors after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to historical controls. | Available online http content 1 2 3 R78 Research Mild therapeutic hypothermia shortens intensive care unit stay of survivors after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to historical controls Christian Storm Ingo Steffen Joerg C Schefold Anne Krueger Michael Oppert Achim Jorres and Dietrich Hasper Charité Universitatsmedizin Berlin Campus Virchow-Klinikum Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care Medicine Augustenburger Platz 1 13353 Berlin Germany Corresponding author Dietrich Hasper Received 7 Apr 2008 Revisions requested 8 May 2008 Revisions received 28 May 2008 Accepted 14 Jun 2008 Published 14 Jun 2008 Critical Care 2008 12 R78 doi cc6925 This article is online at http content 12 3 R78 2008 Storm et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Persistent coma is a common finding after cardiac arrest and has profound ethical and economic implications. Evidence suggests that therapeutic hypothermia improves neurological outcome in these patients. In this analysis we investigate whether therapeutic hypothermia influences the length of intensive care unit ICU stay and ventilator time in patients surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Methods A prospective observational study with historical controls was conducted at our medical ICU. Fifty-two consecutive patients median age years 43 males 34 ventricular fibrillation submitted to therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were included. They were compared with a historical cohort n 74 median age years 53 males 43 ventricular fibrillation treated in the era prior to hypothermia treatment. All patients received the same standard of .
