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Targeted temperature management (TTM), including therapeutic hypothermia (TH), has been proposed as a neuroprotective strategy. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effects of different TTM strategies on survival and neurological outcomes in pediatric patients after OHCA. A comprehensive literature search was conducted across PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. Pooled outcomes were synthesized using odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), and the certainty of evidence was appraised using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach. A total of nine studies encompassing 2107 pediatric patients were included. 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