Table 1.
Cardiac Arrest/Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Data
| Normothermia | Extracranial hypothermia | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to ROSC (s) | 113.5±6.4 | 128.1±8.6 | 0.11 |
| Epinephrine dose (μg/g body weight) | 0.5±0.0 | 0.5±0.0 | 0.13 |
| Baseline pre-arrest auricular canal temperature (BL, °C) | 37.0±0.0 | 37.1±0.0 | 0.5 |
| Intra-CA auricular canal temperature (CA5, °C) | 37.7±0.1 | 37.4±0.0 | <0.01 |
| Auricular canal temperature 5 min after ROSC (ROSC5, °C) | 36.4±0.2 | 34.5±0.2 | <0.01 |
| Auricular canal temperature 20 min after ROSC (ROSC20, °C) | 35.8±0.6 | 36.3.3±0.2 | 0.4 |
| ROSC mean rectal temperature (ROSC0, °C) | 35.1±0.1 | 28.8±1.5 | <0.01 |
| 24 h Survival (%) | 75.8 | 78.3 | 0.55 |
CA, cardiac arrest; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation.