Clinical trials: Postcardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia
Postcardiac Arrest, Pulseless Electrical Activity
Study of Survivors of Different Types of Cardiac Arrest and Their Neurological Recovery
After successful resuscitation from certain types of cardiac arrest, total body cooling is now a well established treatment that improves the chances of the brain recovering.
- Conditions
- Postcardiac Arrest, Pulseless Electrical Activity, Asystole
- Trial name
- NCT02033720
- Testing
- No treatment, Therapeutic hypothermia
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Postcardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia
When Cooling a Patient After Cardiac Arrest, Does Use of a Neuromuscular Blocking Agent Make Your Job Easier?
After successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest, cooling the whole body is a well established treatment that improves the chances of the brain recovering.
- Trial name
- NCT02033733
- Testing
- Cisatracurium infusion, Cisatracurium prn bolus
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's