Therapeutic hypothermia, when initiated within no more than 6 hours following resuscitation, is an established means of protecting neurologic functioning in adult. Timing of percutaneous coronary intervention and therapeutic. The next steps of therapeutic hypothermia ottawa heart institute. Understand the rolesresponsibilities outlined in the abbott northwestern policy directing the care of the induced hypothermia therapy patient 2. In both studies, the percentage of patients treated with therapeutic.
Demographics and other clinical data ere collected. Hypothermia definition, stages, causes, treatment protocol. Therapeutic hypothermia does not appear to provide a survival or improved neurological benefit in both studies, no difference in survival, function at 12 months postarrest, blood product use, infection rates. However, establishment of the optimal therapeutic hypothermia protocol and management of adverse effects, such as shivering, that counteract the benefits of therapeutic hypothermia, have yet to be determined. Although the latter remains in question, the pathogenesis of brain injury evolves over an extended interval of days. Patients randomized to normothermia were maintained at 37 c.
Managing the airway and keeping the o2 sat greater or equal to 94% while at the same time being cognizant to prevent excessive ventilations and hyperoxia. Pdf therapeutic hypothermia has been used for millennia, but in recent. Post cardiac arrest therapeutic hypothermia in adult. For our th protocol we use an endovascular cooling catheter icy catheter, ic3893, alsius, irvine ca with the goal to cool the patient to a target temperature of 33 c within four hours. Class 1 recommendation to initiate therapeutic hypothermia th in. Hypothermia information about preventing and treating hypothermia. The purpose of this protocol is to provide guidelines for the application of mild therapeutic hypothermia to comatose survivors of cardiac arrest in an attempt to improve neurologic outcomes.
Therapeutic hypothermia protocol for cardiac arrest. Patients who present to the emergency department ed or critical care unit ccu. Pdf therapeutic hypothermia past, present, and future. Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest jama jama. Monitoring for nmbtrainoffour monitoring using a peripheral nerve. Decreasing the temperature helps brain injuries after a cardiac arrest. Therapeutic hypothermia is the process of cooling the body by reducing body temperature to 32. However, to date, no therapeutic intervention has been demonstrated to definitively. Caring for patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia. Therapeutic hypothermia protocol for cardiac arrest patient selection patients who present to the emergency department ed or critical care unit ccu after cardiac arrest in or out of hospital who have a return of spontaneous circulation rosc and have the following conditions should be considered for this protocol. Therapeutic hypothermia and temperature management ahead of.
Cool it induced hypothermia therapy post cardiac arrest. We evaluated the effects of using a th protocol in a large community hospital emergency department ed for all patients with neurological impairment after resuscitated ohca regardless of presenting rhythm. It involves lowering a patients body temperature in order to help reduce the risk of ischemic injury to tissues following a period of insufficient blood flow. Similarly nice guidelines for the use of therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest have also recently been published 4.
Check back often, as we hope to add new protocols frequently. A metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials pedro a. Mild therapeutic hypothermia technical medical information about hypothemia and related conditions. Therapeutic hypothermia and temperature management mary. Original article prevention of shivering during therapeutic temperature modulation. Therapeutic hypothermia after resuscitated cardiac arrest. Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest johns. Targeted temperature management ttm previously known as therapeutic hypothermia or protective hypothermia is an active treatment that tries to achieve and maintain a specific body temperature in a person for a specific duration of time in an effort to improve health outcomes during recovery after a period of stopped blood flow to the brain. Bernard et al 2 and the hypothermia after cardiac arrest study group 3 corroborated positive outcomes in patients with ventricular fibrillation. Hypothermia is also considered the clinical state of subnormal temperature when the body is unable to generate sufficient heat to efficiently maintain functions.
Mild hypothermia core temperature 32 to 35c 90 to 95f moderate hypothermia core temperature 28 to 32c 82 to 90f. Th gained recognition in the past 6 years as a neuroprotective. Advanced practice registered nurses on therapeutic. This is a pdf file of an unedited manuscript that has. Our objective was to compare two target temperatures, both intended to prevent fever. This trial protocol has been provided by the authors to give readers additional information about their work.
Protocol this trial protocol has been provided by the authors to give readers additional information about their work. Vecuronium is drug of choice in this protocol due to its lack of adverse cardiac effects. The disorder hypothermia is defined as a core temperature of less than 35 degrees celsius. Targeted temperature management ttm or therapeutic hypothermia th is currently one of the most important methods of neuroprotection. The goal of therapy is to achieve and maintain mild therapeutic hypothermia for a 24 hour period with a target range of 3234c. The unconscious person is cooled in the hospital after his or her breathing and heartbeat start again. There are a plethora of reasons for someone to sustain a brain. Pioneer works on therapeutic hypothermia th half a century ago.
Meditherm iii hypothermia machine with 2 sets of hoses and one set of raprround wraps torso and legs x 2 tpad and tpump. Post resuscitation care therapeutic hypothermia post resuscitation care is a new protocol for the maine 20 protocols. The more recent use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest to improve neurological recovery was instituted globally after publication of 2 landmark studies 2,3 in 2002. Hypothermia, drowning and coldwater survival if you cant get out in 515 minutes, you might not get out on your own power. Perceived barriers to therapeutic hypothermia for patients. Cardiac arrest happens when the heart suddenly stops beating. Hypothermia has been shown to reduce ischemia induced inflammatory and immune reactions 4, 1922. Therapeutic hypothermia is also called induced hypothermia. Protocols hypothermia center for resuscitation science. In the united states, the american heart association recommends hypothermia as a standard of care for survivors of cardiac arrest 5 as there.
Alex choi sangbae ko mary presciutti luis fernandez amanda m. However, advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and postcardiac arrest care have improved outcomes in select cohorts of patients. Anesthesia and analgesia protocol during therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Induction and maintenance of therapeutic hypothermia after. Post cardiac arrest targeted temperature page 2 of 10 management ttm disclaimer. Villablanca, mohammed makkiya, evann einsenberg, david f. Cooling criteria protocol same between treatment periods gentamicin monitoring. Laboratory monitoring while receiving therapeutic hypothermia. The stage of hypothermia, defined by core temperature, has a large impact on both recognition and treatment. Interviews were recorded electronically and transcribed unless the participant declined to have the interview recorded. Toby protocol, in infants from 3444 weeks gestation, without apparent adverse events and with an improvement in their encephalopathy score.
Many variables contribute to the development of hypothermia. Due to the ongoing risk of cerebral hemorrhage, consider transfusing at a threshold platelet count of 50k. The american college of cardiologyamerican heart association guidelines include a. Optimal management of shivering during therapeutic. Nice have also produced guidance on therapeutic hypothermia for clinicians ipg.
Application of therapeutic hypothermia in the intensive. Michael feldman discuss the removal of atropine from the peaasystole algorithm, the indications and dangers of adenosine in widecomplex tachycardias, pressors as a bridge to transvenous pacing in unstable bradycardias, and the key elements of post cardiac arrest care. Therapeutic hypothermia has been shown to be neuroprotective and to reduce mortality in victims of cardiac arrest what. Therapeutic hypothermia is associated with a decrease in. Hypothermia facts hypothermia occurs when heat escapes from your body faster than it can warm itself. Therapeutic hypothermia protocol in a community emergency. Recently, the use of therapeutic hypothermia has gradually occupied an. Once the heart starts beating again, healthcare providers use cooling devices to lower your body temperature for a short time. Challenges in providing therapeutic hypothermia as standard of care there are significant challenges in the identification of newborns likely to benefit from.
Jul 26, 2019 targeted temperature management ttm, previously known as mild therapeutic hypothermia, in selected patients surviving outofhospital sudden cardiac arrest ohca can significantly improve rates of longterm neurologically intact survival, and it may prove to be one of the most important clinical advancements in the science of resuscitation. Induction of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in prehospital patients using icecold ringers solution. At 18 hours, patients were actively rewarmed over 6 hours. Therapeutic hypothermia has emerged as a potentially lifesaving treatment for the care of the critically ill.
Therapeutic hypothermia australian resuscitation council. Do not begin cooled infusion until cooling devices are assembled 2. Mild therapeutic hypothermia in patients resuscitated from outofhospital cardiac arrest. Therapeutic hypothermia frequent vital sign sheet cooling the patient in the first 4 hours 1. Each link below will open a file containing the therapeutic hypothermia protocol from the institution shown. The protocol encompasses several important treatment points. Therapeutic hypothermia after outofhospital cardiac arrest. Among these advances are the use of therapeutic hypothermia th and targeted temperature management ttm, along with other interventions to improve the care. Induced hypothermia therapy post cardiac arrest learning packet at the completion of this packet the learner will. Therapeutic hypothermia protocol saves the brain after a cardiac arrest or heart attack. Request pdf therapeutic hypothermia protocols the application of targeted temperature management has become common practice in the neurocritical care setting. Following these reports, therapeutic hypothermia finally took its due place in postresuscitation guidelines.
Obtain a core temperature via esophageal, bladder or rectal temperature probe. Therapeutic hypothermia cooling blanketstop and bottom sandwich 6. Targeted temperature management therapeutic hypothermia. Application of therapeutic hypothermia in the intensive care unit. Prehospital therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. An example of a hospitalbased protocol for therapeutic hypothermia th that summarizes key steps for initiation and implementation of hypothermia. Probable perinatal asphyxia less than 8 hours of age moderate or severe encephalopathy no unstable coagulopathy or persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn pphn patient care therapeutic hypothermia protocol. Novel findings from translational preclinical investigations as well as clinical studies and trials will be featured. The role of eeg after cardiac arrest and hypothermia. Mild therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest protocol. Shiver is a major clinical issue in active normothermia maintenance. Pdf prognosis following outofhospital cardiac arrest is generally poor.
Hypothermia physiology, signs, symptoms and treatment. Mild hypothermia alters midazolam pharmacokinetics in normal healthy volunteers. Criteria for therapeutic hypothermia cooling queensland clinical guideline. Surface cooling protocols to induce and maintain therapeutic hypothermia after. Foley with termister or esophageal temperature probe. Hypothermia protocol and saving the brain after a cardiac arrest.
Hypothermia may be present regardless of temperature if the patient describes feeling cold or presents with common signs and symptoms of hypothermia, such as, shivering, peripheral vasoconstriction, and piloerection. Cbc, bmp, mg, phos, ptpttinr, troponin, ecg, cxr if female. Active surface cooling protocol to induce mild therapeutic hypothermia after outofhospital cardiac arrest. All interviews were conducted by telephone by a clinician and a qualitative researcher. Spertus, md, mph to the editor dr chan and colleagues 1 evaluated the association between therapeutic hypothermia and survival to hospital discharge in patients with inhospital cardiac arrest and found lower survival among patients treated with therapeutic. Infants treated with systemic hypothermia have a lower incidence of cortical neuronal injury on mri. Its sometimes used for people who have a cardiac arrest. Ventilator setting as appropriate for the patients presenting condition.
Does baby meet criteria for probable moderate or severe hie i. Approximately 530% of patients resuscitated from cardiac. Cardiac arrest results in over 500,000 deaths per year in north america alone. There are some cases in which hypothermia is induced for the patients treatment. Therapeutic hypothermia american heart association. More recently, the benefits of induced therapeutic hypothermia have been. Outcomes evaluated included time to target core body temperature, therapeutic hypothermia protocol initiation. Therapeutic hypothermia can significantly reduce mortality and improve neurological outcomes in comatose survivors of sudden cardiac arrest. The cause of hypothermia is the inability of the bodys temperature regulation system to keep the bodys core temperature between 35.
Guideline for the use of neonatal therapeutic hypothermia. Data from adult patients admitted to our intensive care unit for a hypothermia protocol after cardiac arrest were recorded prospectively to generate a descriptive and analytical study analyzing the relationship between clinical, neurophysiological, imaging and biochemical parameters with 6month outcomes defined according to the cerebral performance categories scale good 12, poor 35. The procedure is done after a cardiac arrest when the heart stops that happens outside of a healthcare setting. The most commonly used definitions found in the literature are as follows. Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on physiologic determinants of drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics reduced activity of hepatic enzymes eg. Hypothermia protects the brain and other vital organs and has been shown to.
Protocol for therapeutic normothermia with raprround wraps. Hypothermia increments use caution if rales present special considerations if hypothermia is suspected, defibrillate only once, administer only one dose of epinephrine and no other medications should be administered until the patient is rewarmed. Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrestreply paul s. Each patient should be observed closely for shiver. The alsius icy catheter is only intended for placement in the femoral vein. Therapeutic hypothermia and post cardiac arrest survival. Hypothermia hypothermia center for resuscitation science. Hcg replete electrolytes if needed sedation with midazolam and fentanyl, goal ramsay 5 turn off room thermostat remove. Conclusionsa comprehensive th protocol can be integrated into a regional stsegment elevation myocardial infarction network and achieves broad dispersion of this essential therapy for ohca. Diao m, huang f, guan j, zhang z, xiao y, shan y, et al. Phyllis robinson msn, rn june 10, 2018 0 comments 919. Cvp or pa catheter preferably positioned in the subclavian vein arterial pressure line. Page 1 of 12 adult therapeutic hypothermia protocol.
Induction all patients if temp endotracheal tube placement per standard protocol. Of the 27 pts in this case report,2 failed to get rosc, 6 had no coma and were excluded from the analysis. This algorithm has been developed for md anderson using a multidisciplinary approach considering circumstances particular to md andersons specific patient population, services and structure, and clinical information. Each year, approximately 1500 patients in the united states have hypothermia noted on their death certificate.
If normal x 2 without replacement, discontinue coagulation profile monitoring. Sep 16, 2016 systemic hypothermia more uniform cooling of the brain and deeper cns structures. Hypoxicischemic encephalopathy hie therapeutic hypothermia admission eligibility. The paper titled use of hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Bladder lavage to be used only if cooling process not successful within 1530 minutes 9. Hypothermia n7 normothermia n8 methods hypothermia protocol external cooling device therakool sedation with midazolam and fentanyl pancuroniumto prevent shivering target temperature of 32c to 34c for 24h passive rewarming over 8h initiation of cooling target temp 3234c rewarmed 0h jan 16, 2014 therapeutic hypothermia is recommended by international guidelines, but the supporting evidence is limited, and the target temperature associated with the best outcome is unknown.
Each ceeg file was analyzed using standard definitions to define ncse. Post cardiac arrest targeted temperature page 1 of 10. Of the 19 remaining, 12 received hypothermia and 7 did not. Members of the providing institutions have agreed to share their work for the sake of improving postresuscitation care. Since hypothermia is now standard of care for moderatesevere hie, hard to determine if pk changes. Best practice in a community hospital survival rates prior to the era of therapeutic hypothermia ranged from 9% to 11% for allrhythm cardiac arrest and 19% to 21% for primary ventricular fibrillation. Prevention of shivering during therapeutic temperature. This medical treatment is performed to decrease the chances of obtaining ischemic tissue injury due to impairment of blood flow. Post cardiac arrest therapeutic hypothermia in adult patients, state of. Hypothermia is defined as a core temperature less than 36oc 96.
Pdf clinical studies and experimental research have described therapeutic hypothermia for patients suffering from traumatic brain injury tbi. Nevertheless, the application of systematic protocols of cooling has not been adequately reached in many hospitals. During therapeutic hypothermia th, also known as medically induced hypothermia or targeted temperature management, doctors lower oxygen demand in the brain by reducing a patients body temperature to moderate hypothermic levels, thereby lowering the likelihood of cellular damage sources. In february 2011, national health service nhs national. In any type of brain injury, in particular, in patients with fever or hyperpyrexia respectively, injured areas may be definitely hotter up to 2c. The center for resuscitation science based in the department of emergency medicine at the university of pennsylvania is dedicated to research and training that will save the lives of people who suffer cardiac arrest and shock. Therapeutic hypothermia after resuscitated cardiac arrest the purpose of this protocol is to improve the neurologic outcomes of patients who have experienced cardiac arrest and have been successfully resuscitated. Induction of prehospital therapeutic hypothermia after resuscitation from nonventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. Early screening and identification of candidates for. Studies have shown that implementation of mild therapeutic hypothermia seems to improve survival and neurological outcome after cardiac arrest. Therapeutic hypothermia hypothesized benefits include. Carpenter christine lesch emily gilmore rishi malhotra stephan a. Clinical pearls during hypothermia nmb, opioids and sedatives tend to have a longer duration of activity than in patients that are normothermic.