Status:

UNKNOWN

Safety and Feasibility of Endovascular Cooling Device in Patients With Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Lead Sponsor:

National Taiwan University Hospital

Conditions:

Cardiac Arrest

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-78 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Hypothermic resuscitation is proven to be benefit to the cardiac origin cardiac arrest patients for it improve brain recovery dramatically. However, traditional cooling devices and methods, most exter...

Detailed Description

We recruited successful resuscitated nontraumatic cardiac arrest adult patients in the emergency department to evaluate the safety and feasibility of application those invasive internal temperature re...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Non-traumatic collapsed patients, whose pulsation continues and persists more than 5 minutes after return of spontaneous circulation from cardiopulmonary resuscitation and consciousness level is less than GCS 5 points.

Exclusion

  • 1\. Age \> 78 y/o or \< 18 y/o 2. Core temperature\< 34℃or \> 38 ℃ after resuscitation 3. Pregnancy 4. Underline terminal malignancy disorder or refuse aggressive treatment cancer patient 5. Massive bleeding, known coagulopathy, or received regular anticoagulant medication 6. Persisted hypotension ( mean arterial BP \< 60 mmHg) after resuscitation even under inotropic agents 7. No bed available in ICU

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

October 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00154674

Start Date

April 1 2005

End Date

October 1 2005

Last Update

November 22 2005

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NTUH

Taipei, Taiwan, 100