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"CRITICAL CARE A DAY"
Today's ICU Pearl
Monday July 6, 2009
Q: Rewarming
after therapeutic hypothermia should begun 24 hours after the
A) time of initiation of cooling or
B) from the time the target temperature (32-34 C) is achieved.
(Choose one)
Answer: Countdown for rewarming
after therapeutic hypothermia should begun 24 hours after the time
of initiation of cooling. The patient should be actively
cooled by using an induced hypothermia protocol for 24 hours to a goal temperature of 32-34ºC. The goal is to achieve the
target temperature as quickly as possible. In most cases, this can be achieved within 3-4 hours of initiating cooling.
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