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Does therapeutic hypothermia improve outcomes in patients after cardiac arrest?
Does therapeutic hypothermia improve outcomes in patients after cardiac arrest?
This paper discusses outstanding issues regarding therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest and analytic strategies for competing risks.
Uncertainty persists on therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest due to competing risks; review highlights need for refined analytic strategies in future trials.
The authors reexamine the issue of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest and discuss the outstanding issues. In an addendum they discuss the analytic strategy used in a separate paper with respect to competing risks. (non-author abstract)
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