In what clinical scenarios do you utilize post-cardiac arrest targeted temperature management (TTM)?

In the span between the HACA trial and the Targeted Temperature Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest study (Dankiewicz et al., PMID 34133859), the practice has shifted from near-unanimous support for TTM to a more cautious, "case-by-case" approach.

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There still is a role for TTM in post-cardiac arrest patients. The Targeted Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review was a systematic review of six randomized clinical trials with a total of 3870 participants that were examined. Of these, 2,767 participants were treated with ...

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