Targeted temperature management: It is not yet time to change your target temperature

David Clinkard; Andrew Cameron; Daniel Howes; Ian Ball

doi:10.1017/cem.2014.35

Targeted temperature management: It is not yet time to change your target temperature

CJEM. 2015 Nov;17(6):706-8. doi: 10.1017/cem.2014.35. Epub 2015 Feb 5.

Authors

David Clinkard¹, Andrew Cameron¹, Daniel Howes¹, Ian Ball²

Affiliations

¹ *Department of Emergency Medicine,Queen's University,Kingston,ON.
² ‡Division of Critical Care Medicine,Department of Medicine,Western University,London,ON.

PMID: 26013367
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2014.35

Abstract

Clinical question In unconscious patients of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, does targeted temperature management to 36°C (96.8°F) improve outcomes compared to the standard target of 32°C-34°C (89.6°F-93.2°F)? Article chosen Nielson N, Wetterslev J, Cronberg T, et al. Targeted temperature management at 33°C versus 36°C after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 2013;369:2197-2206.

Objective: To determine which temperature, 33°C (91.4°F) or 36°C (96.8°F), is associated with lower mortality and better neurologic function after cardiac arrest.

Keywords: Cardiac Arrest; Target Temperature; Therapeutic Hypothermia.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Body Temperature / physiology*
Humans
Hypothermia, Induced / methods*
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / physiopathology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy*