Effect of hypothermia therapy after outpatient cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation.

Background: Several investigators have emphasized the positive effect of hypothermia therapy on patients who have suffered from cardiac arrest. Salvaging patients from circulatory collapse is a pivotal task, but it is unclear whether additional hypothermia can practically contribute to an improvement in the neurological outcome.

Methods And Results: Since December 2005, our hospital has been using hypothermia therapy.