Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in adults: mechanism of neuroprotection, phases of hypothermia, and methods of cooling

Crit Care Clin. 2012 Apr;28(2):231-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2011.10.012. Epub 2011 Dec 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain Ischemia / metabolism
  • Brain Ischemia / therapy*
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / adverse effects
  • Cell Death
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Heart Arrest / physiopathology
  • Heart Arrest / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Hypothermia, Induced / methods*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Reactive Oxygen Species