title: Does anesthetic provide similar neuroprotection to therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest?
abstract: In the previous issue of Critical Care, Meybohm and colleagues provide evidence to support hypothermia as a kind of therapeutic option for patients suffering cardiac arrest. Although anesthetics had been used to induce hypothermia, sevoflurane post-conditioning fails to confer additional anti-inflammatory effects after cardiac arrest. Further research in this area is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, PR China. zhangh9@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics
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