Blood-Pressure Targets in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest

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Authors

Jesper Kjærgaard · University of Copenhagen

Jacob Eifer Møller · University of Southern Denmark

Henrik Schmidt · Odense University Hospital

Johannes Grand · Jisc

Simon Mølstrøm · Odense University Hospital

Britt Borregaard · University of Southern Denmark

Søren Venø ·

Abstract

Targeting a mean arterial blood pressure of 77 mm Hg or 63 mm Hg in patients who had been resuscitated from cardiac arrest did not result in significantly different percentages of patients dying or having severe disability or coma. (Funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation; BOX ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03141099.).

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 387, Issue 16, pp. 1456-1466

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2208687

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