Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Therapeutische hypothermie (TH): evidenzubersicht. [Evidence overview of therapeutic hypothermia] Vienna: Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fuer Health Technology Assessment (LBIHTA). Decision Support Document Nr. 63. 2012 Authors' conclusions The present overview of evidence shows that there is evidence only for the efficacy and safety of one (cardiac arrest) out of 11 reviewed indications of therapeutic hypothermia. From the large number of ongoing or recently finished trials it can be seen that therapeutic hypothermia is a dynamic field of research. Hence, a benefit of therapeutic hypothermia might be proven in the near future for further indications, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, sepsis and status epilepticus. However, it should be refrained from using therapeutic hypothermia outside of clinical trials as a routine therapy. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Hypothermia, Induceds Country of organisation Austria English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Ludwig Boltzmann Institute fuer Health Technology Assessment (LBI-HTA), Garnisongasse 7 rechte Stiege Mezzanin (Top 20), 1090 Vienna, Austria. Tel: +43 1 236 8119 - 0 Fax: +43 1 236 8119 - 99 Email: marisa.warmuth@hta.lbg.ac.at AccessionNumber 32013000023 Date abstract record published 17/01/2013 |
