Status:

UNKNOWN

Induced Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest Patients Rescued by Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Lead Sponsor:

Min-Sheng General Hospital

Conditions:

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Eligibility:

All Genders

16+ years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with closed-chest cardiac massage has been shown that survival to discharge rate is poor. Attempt to increase success, some aggressive methods such as e...

Detailed Description

Induced Hypothermia Protocol for comatose patient from CPR Core temperature: 34.9℃ within 30 min, 33.5℃ within 120min and 33℃ for 12-24 Hours * Decrease temperature in 0.9℃/hour * CVP monitoring * th...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 1\. in cardiac arrest that necessitated external or open-chest cardiac massage and a large amount of epinephrine (\>5 mg) during CPR.
  • 2\. Could not be returned to spontaneous circulation within 10 to 20 min

Exclusion

  • contraindicated to ECMO use

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

45 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00965016

Start Date

January 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

August 25 2009

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Min-sheng General Hospital

Taoyuan District, Taiwan, 330