Isoflurane or propofol sedation in patients with targeted temperature management after cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A single center study.

Propose: Targeted temperature management improves outcomes in comatose patients after cardiac arrest. Short lasting sedatives might enable rapid awakening after targeted temperature management and therefore early prognostication and extubation. Aim of the present study was to compare sedation with volatile isoflurane to intravenous propofol.