Clinical Trial: Cerebral Bloodflow and Carbondioxide Reactivity During Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia in Patients After Cardiac Arrest

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Cerebral Bloodflow and Carbondioxide Reactivity During Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia in Patients After Cardiac Arrest

Brief Summary: Survivors of a cardiac arrest frequently develop severe postanoxic encephalopathy. Derangements in cerebral blood after return of spontaneous circulation play an important role in the pathogenesis of postanoxic encephalopathy. In the present study we examine the effect of mild therapeutic hypothermia on cerebral blood flow and carbondioxide reactivity in patients after cardiac arrest.

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Sponsor: Radboud University

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Information By: Radboud University

Dates:
Date Received: February 28, 2007
Date Started: September 2006
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Last Updated: February 5, 2009
Last Verified: February 2009