title: Use of therapeutic hypothermia in cocaine-induced cardiac arrest: further evidence.
abstract: Therapeutic hypothermia is an important and successful treatment that has been endorsed only in specific clinical settings of cardiac arrest. Inclusion criteria thus far have not embraced drug-induced cardiac arrest, but clinical evidence has been mounting that therapeutic hypothermia may be beneficial in such cases. A 59-year-old man who experienced a cocaine-induced cardiac arrest had a full neurological recovery after use of therapeutic hypothermia. The relevant pathophysiology of cocaine-induced cardiac arrest is reviewed, the mechanism and history of therapeutic hypothermia are discussed, and the clinical evidence recommending the use of therapeutic hypothermia in cocaine-induced cardiac arrest is reinforced.
authors.affiliation: Dane Scantling is a fourth year medical student at The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Emily Klonoski is an internal medicine resident a St Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dominic J. Valentino III is the medical director of critical care at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Dane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scantling
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klonoski
authors.forename: Dominic J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Valentino
mesh_terms: D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged