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Jan 2020
Hospital trials cooling patients following cardiac arrest
The cooling trial called TTM2, led by researchers at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, and in which 1,900 patients worldwide took part, included seven hospitals throughout the UK.
50 per cent of the patients were cooled down, usually through the use of pads and cold water, to reduce their temperature to 33c from the normal body temperature of 37.5c and were kept at that temperature whilst simultaneously receiving all the usual life-saving treatment.
The other 50 per cent were kept at normal temperature so that the results could eventually be compared.
Trial leader and intensive care consultant and researcher Dr Matt Morgan, said “It is looking at the importance of protecting the brain after someone suffers a cardiac arrest – and there have been theories since the 1960s of cooling the body to help protect the brain.
“It’s been used quite extensively in intensive care worldwide but what we really don’t know is if that’s truly beneficial.”
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