Table 3.

Cause of Death by Study Day.

			Hypothermia
				Study Day
	0	1	2	3	4	5	> 5	Overall
	(N = 5)	(N = 30)	(N = 17)	(N = 14)	(N = 21)	(N = 9)	(N = 83)	(N = 179)
Cause of Death
Cardiovascular failure/futility	4 (80.0%)	8 (26.7%)	7 (41.2%)	2 (14.3%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (19.3%)	38 (21.2%)
Brain death declared	0 (0.0%)	3 (10.0%)	2 (11.8%)	4 (28.6%)	12 (57.1%)	6 (66.7%)	17 (20.5%)	44 (24.6%)
Withdrawal for poor neurologic prognosis	0 (0.0%)	11 (36.7%)	5 (29.4%)	6 (42.9%)	8 (38.1%)	3 (33.3%)	31 (37.3%)	64 (35.8%)
Respiratory failure/futility	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.3%)	1 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.6%)	5 (2.8%)
Withdrawal for other system failure	1 (20.0%)	3 (10.0%)	2 (11.8%)	2 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.2%)	14 (7.8%)
Other/Unknown	0 (0.0%)	4 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (12.0%)	14 (7.8%)
			Normothermia
				Study Day
	0	1	2	3	4	5	> 5	Overall
	(N = 19)	(N = 29)	(N = 22)	(N = 22)	(N = 18)	(N = 10)	(N = 65)	(N = 185)
Cause of Death
Cardiovascular failure/futility	12 (63.2%)	6 (20.7%)	2 (9.1%)	3 (13.6%)	1 (5.6%)	2 (20.0%)	20 (30.8%)	46 (24.9%)
Brain death declared	0 (0.0%)	11 (37.9%)	11 (50.0%)	8 (36.4%)	7 (38.9%)	5 (50.0%)	4 (6.2%)	46 (24.9%)
Withdrawal for poor neurologic prognosis	3 (15.8%)	9 (31.0%)	6 (27.3%)	9 (40.9%)	9 (50.0%)	2 (20.0%)	20 (30.8%)	58 (31.4%)
Respiratory failure/futility	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (12.3%)	10 (5.4%)
Withdrawal for other system failure	2 (10.5%)	2 (6.9%)	2 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.2%)	12 (6.5%)
Other/Unknown	2 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.5%)	1 (4.5%)	1 (5.6%)	1 (10.0%)	7 (10.8%)	13 (7.0%)