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.

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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.