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All acute care physician, nurses and emergency medical services personals should be aware of this approach. We report a case of post cardiac arrest that displayed improved neurological status with mild therapeutic hypothermia.\n                    <jats:bold>Case:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A young, female patient experienced perioperative cardiac arrest. Immediate resuscitation lead to return of spontaneous circulation in six minutes. Her post resuscitation Glasgow Coma score (GCS) was five. We induced therapeutic hypothermia\u2014the patient required sedation and a chemical muscle relaxant. After 24\u00a0h we began slow rewarming. On day four, her GCS improved to 14, and she was extubated on day 6. She had mild cognitive disorder but was functionally independent. She was transferred to the ward on day 11 and subsequently discharged home.\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Mild induced therapeutic hypothermia improves neurological status of post cardiac arrest patients; however, it had adverse effect of increased risk for infection, arrhythmia and electrolyte disorders.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5339\/qmj.2012.2.19","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,2]],"date-time":"2015-02-02T02:10:08Z","timestamp":1422843008000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Protective hypothermia: An old therapy with a new prospective"],"prefix":"10.5339","volume":"2012","author":[{"given":"N.","family":"Shaikh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M.F.","family":"Malmstrom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3277","reference":[{"key":"CIT0001","series-title":"Lancet","first-page":"375","article-title":"Resuscitation from accidental hypothermia of 13.7\u00b0C with circulatory arrest","volume":"355","author":"Gilbert\n\u00a0\nM","year":"2000"},{"key":"CIT0002","series-title":"Ann Emerg Med","first-page":"282","article-title":"Evidence based medicine, does therapeutic hypothermia benefit survivors of cardiac arrest?","volume":"58","author":"Seupaul\n\u00a0\nRP","year":"2011"},{"key":"CIT0003","series-title":"Circulation","first-page":"877","article-title":"Is hypothermia after cardiac arrest effective in both shockable and nonshockable patients?","volume":"123","author":"Dumas\n\u00a0\nF","year":"2011"},{"key":"CIT0004","series-title":"Intensive Care Med","first-page":"556","article-title":"Application of therapeutic hypothermia in the ICU: opportunities and pitfalls of a promising treatment modality. 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