[Hypothermic temperature control after successful resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in adults : Statement from the resuscitation and postresuscitation treatment working groups of the German Society of Medical Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DGIIN) and the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), the German Society for Interdisciplinary Emergency and Acute Medicine (DGINA) and the Austrian Association of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)]

Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2023 Dec;118(Suppl 1):59-63. doi: 10.1007/s00063-023-01092-x. Epub 2023 Dec 5.
[Article in German]

Abstract
in English, German

In Germany per year approximately 60,000 and in Austria 5,000 adult patients suffer from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Only 10-15% of these patients survive without neurological damage. For decades hypothermic temperature control has been a central component of post-resuscitation treatment, but is controversial due to recently published studies.

In Deutschland erleiden pro Jahr etwa 60.000 und in Österreich etwa 5000 erwachsene Patient:innen außerhalb eines Krankenhauses einen Herzstillstand und müssen präklinisch reanimiert werden. Nur etwa 10–15 % der betroffenen Patient:innen überleben ohne bleibende Schäden. Die hypotherme Temperaturkontrolle ist seit Dekaden ein zentraler Baustein der Postreanimationsbehandlung, jedoch aufgrund aktuell publizierter Studien umstritten.

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; Hypothermia; OHCA; Post-resuscitation treatment; Resuscitation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Austria
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
  • Critical Care
  • Emergency Medicine*
  • Humans
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy
  • Temperature