Targeted temperature management after out-ofhospital cardiac arrest in three young patients

Authors

  • Amina Godinjak
  • Amer Iglica
  • Adis Kukuljac
  • Ira Tančica
  • Selma Jusufović
  • Anes Ajanović
  • Šejla Rožajac

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.186

Keywords:

Targeted temperature management, Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Abstract

Objective. We present the use of targeted temperature management in a tertiary-level intensive care unit, in three patients who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Case report. Three young patients experienced an out-of-hospital non-coronary cardiac arrest. The causes of the cardiac arrest were: Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, drug overdose and long-QT syndrome. All patients were resuscitated according to the advanced cardiac life support guidelines, and treated with targeted temperature management, with a target temperature of 33°C for 24 hours. After completion of targeted temperature management, all the patients regained full consciousness and were discharged from hospital without any neurological sequelae. Conclusion. Targeted temperature management may improve survival and neurological outcome in patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

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Published

2017-06-07

How to Cite

Godinjak, A., Iglica, A., Kukuljac, A., Tančica, I., Jusufović, S., Ajanović, A., & Rožajac, Šejla. (2017). Targeted temperature management after out-ofhospital cardiac arrest in three young patients. Acta Medica Academica, 46(1), 50–54. https://doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.186

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