RCT | After an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, fever prevention for 36 vs. 72 hours resulted in similar outcomes.

Duration of Device-Based Fever Prevention after Cardiac Arrest – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

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In this trial involving patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, fever prevention for 36 or 72 hours did not result in different percentages of patients dying or having severe disability or coma. #AHA22 https://t.co/Cx6x4RfqCE pic.twitter.com/vGSb0iVISN

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