Event Title
Assessment of Risk Factors for Post-Rewarming Rebound Hyperthermia in Cardiac Arrest Patients Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
Physician Assistant Studies
Mentor Information
Theresa Bacon-Baguley, bacon-bt@gvsu.edu
Department
Physician Assistant Studies
Location
Kirkhof Center 2215
Start Date
13-4-2011 3:00 PM
End Date
13-4-2011 3:30 PM
Keywords
Health, Illness, and Healing
Abstract
Cardiac arrest (CA) remains a serious health problem in the United States. Prognosis is dismal for CA victims, since those who are resuscitated risk debilitating neurological injury. Fortunately, there has been promising research on the neurprotective ability of mild therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in out-of-hospital CA patients. TH is most effectively implemented using endovascular cooling devices, however, their incidence of post-warming rebound hyperthermia is alarming, as high as 74% of patients in one study (Pichon et al., 2007). Given the high frequency of post-warming rebound hyperthermia and the known deleterious effects caused by hyperthermia, further investigation of the risk factors associated with rebound hyperthermia in CA patients receiving therapeutic hypothermia is warranted. This study is an ongoing retrospective, cohort, chart-review analysis with Spectrum Health. Results are TBD.
Assessment of Risk Factors for Post-Rewarming Rebound Hyperthermia in Cardiac Arrest Patients Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia
Kirkhof Center 2215
Cardiac arrest (CA) remains a serious health problem in the United States. Prognosis is dismal for CA victims, since those who are resuscitated risk debilitating neurological injury. Fortunately, there has been promising research on the neurprotective ability of mild therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in out-of-hospital CA patients. TH is most effectively implemented using endovascular cooling devices, however, their incidence of post-warming rebound hyperthermia is alarming, as high as 74% of patients in one study (Pichon et al., 2007). Given the high frequency of post-warming rebound hyperthermia and the known deleterious effects caused by hyperthermia, further investigation of the risk factors associated with rebound hyperthermia in CA patients receiving therapeutic hypothermia is warranted. This study is an ongoing retrospective, cohort, chart-review analysis with Spectrum Health. Results are TBD.