Impaired Immune Response Not Exacerbated by Hypothermia – MM1409
Induced hypothermia is increasingly applied as a therapeutic intervention in ICUs. One of the underlying mechanisms of the beneficial effects of hypothermia is proposed to be reduction of the inflammatory response. However, a fear of reducing the inflammatory response is an increased infection risk. The Temperature Target Management (TTM) trial was conducted to study the effect of induced hypothermia on immune response after cardiac arrest.
Modern Medicine – September 2014
