Mild hypothermia for temporary brain ischemia during cardiopulmonary support systems: Report of three cases

Recovery without residual neurological damage after cardiac arrest with tem porary cerebral ischemia is rare. Therefore, it is most important that ever y effort is made to prevent brain damage occurring immediately after succes sful cardiopulmonary resuscitation, We report herein the cases of three pat ients who suffered either cardiogenic or hypovolemic shock and were resusci tated by a cardiopulmonary support sq stem followed by mild hypothermia. Al l three patient, recovered completely without any neurologic damage. The ou tcomes of these three patients demonstrated that mild hypothermia may be im portant for cerebral preservation after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.