title: [The neuroprotective effect of mild therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with successful reanimation - a case report].
abstract: The use of mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) in adult patients remaining in a coma following cardiac arrest, regardless of its mechanism and location, is recommended by the European Resuscitation Council. The study presents a case of a 52-year-old man in whom MTH was used following successfully resuscitated out-of- hospital sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation. On the basis of this case it was indicated that the use of low temperatures may be an effective method of neuroprotective treatment since such activity is compatible with later observed great possibility of the brain to compensate and with the maintenance of brain plasticity which is crucial for neuropsychological rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Górnyśląsk Centre of Rehabilitation "REPTY", Tarnowskie Góry.
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szczygieł
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Chair of Orthopedy and Traumatology of Movement System, Medical University of Wrocław; Department of Rehabilitation, Hospital in Trzebnica.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mazurek
authors.affiliation: Śląsk Centre of Heart Diseases, Zabrze.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Świątkowski
authors.affiliation: Górnyśląsk Centre of Rehabilitation "REPTY", Tarnowskie Góry.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Broniec-Siekaniec
authors.affiliation: Górnyśląsk Centre of Rehabilitation "REPTY", Tarnowskie Góry.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czapnik
authors.affiliation: Chair of Cardiology, Congenital Cardiac Defects and Electrotherapy of Medical University of Katowice.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Średniawa
authors.affiliation: Górnyśląsk Centre of Rehabilitation "REPTY", Tarnowskie Góry; Academy of Physical Education of Katowice.
authors.forename: Józef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Opara
authors.affiliation: Górnyśląsk Centre of Rehabilitation "REPTY", Tarnowskie Góry.
authors.forename: Krystian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oleszczyk
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012151:Resuscitation; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications
keywords: cardiac arrest; mild therapeutic hypothermia; neurorehabilitation; resuscitation