Journal
NEUROTHERAPEUTICS
Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 1869-1877Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-022-01315-7
Keywords
Targeted temperature management; Cardiac arrest; Hypothermia; Neuroprotection
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This article reviews the use of targeted temperature management (TTM) in comatose survivors following cardiac arrest and discusses the recent failure to replicate earlier successes in clinical trials. The article emphasizes the importance of clinicians learning from other clinical scenarios and redeveloping clinical care in an environment where current data contradicts past results.
For the past two decades, targeted temperature management (TTM) has been a staple in the care of comatose survivors following cardiac arrest. However, recent clinical trials have failed to replicate the benefit seen in earlier studies, bringing into question the very existence of such clinical practice. In this review, we explore clinical scenarios within critical care that appeared to share a similar fate, but in actuality changed the landscape of practice in a modern world. Accordingly, clinicians may apply these lessons to the utilization of TTM among comatose survivors following cardiac arrest, potentially paving way for a re-framing of clinical care amidst an environment where current data appears upside down in comparison to past successes.
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