Treatment lessens cerebral damage following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 10:20
in Health & Medicine
Among comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, treatment with inhaled xenon gas combined with hypothermia, compared with hypothermia alone, results in less white matter damage. This was the primary outcome in a randomized clinical trial. In the secondary outcome, there was no significant difference in neurological outcomes or death at six months.