Place de l'hypothermie régulée dans le cadre de l'arrêt cardiaque

Cardiac arrest is a public healthcare problem due to its frequency and high incidence of mortality. However, the development of a strategy for induced hypothermia produced in the aftermath of the recovery of cardiac activity allows a significant improvement in neurologic prognosis, especially when cardiac arrest occurs with a cardiac rhythm disturbance responsive to cardioversion. The indications of therapeutic hypothermia have been extended to abnormal rhythms unresponsive to cardioversion and to less frequent settings. New clinical trials are mandatory to improve the prognosis of these patients.