title: Hypothermia after cardiac arrest as a novel approach to increase survival in cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation: a review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this review study was to evaluate therapeutic mild hypothermia, its complications and various methods for induced mild hypothermia in patients following resuscitation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
  
  
  METHODS
  Studies conducted on post-cardiac arrest cares, history of induced hypothermia, and therapeutic hypothermia for patients with cardiac arrest were included in this study. We used the valid databases (PubMed and Cochrane library) to collect relevant articles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the studies reviewed, induction of mild hypothermia in patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation would lead to increased survival and better neurological outcome; however, studies on the complications of hypothermia or different methods of inducing hypothermia were limited and needed to be studied further.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides strategic issues concerning the induction of mild hypothermia, its complications, and different ways of performing it on patients; using this method helps to increase patients' neurological survival rate.
authors.affiliation: Medical Education Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soleimanpour
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rahmani
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safari
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Samad Ej
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Golzari
keywords: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Heart Arrest; Hypothermia; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest