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Table 5 Summary of animal trials that used different methods to induce intra-arrest hypothermia during cardiac arrest.

From: Intra-arrest hypothermia during cardiac arrest: a systematic review

 

Outcome

IATH (%)

IATH (%)

Riter [10]

 

PFC-TLV

iv fluids

 

Survival (1-hr, %)

100

100

 

ROSC (%)

88

25

 

CoPP (mmHg)

14

8 *

Yannopoulos [13]

 

Intravascular catheter

iv fluids

 

ROSC (%)

100

55 *

 

CoPP (mmHg)

21

15 *

 

LVEF (%)

32

17 *

Yu [42]

 

TNEC

iv fluids

 

Survival (%, 4 days)

57

29

 

ROSC (%)

100

29 *

 

CoPP (mmHg)

23

12 *

  1. CoPP, coronary perfusion pressure; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PFC-TLV, perfluorocarbon-based total liquid ventilation; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; TNEC, trans-nasal evaporative cooling; *, P < 0.05
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