Sunday, February 12, 2017

Webinar from ESICM on Hypothermia post Cardiac Arrest: 33 vs 36 degrees ..or just fever control?



Interesting how we change our minds after a one hour lecture. The original 33 degree Hypothermia trial had a major flaw: the control arm had a high incidence of uncontrolled fever, common post cardiac arrest. Not exactly the control group you want. 
I suspect ultimately fever control is all that is needed , but device therapy will likely accomplish this better then medical therapy alone.

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