Mild hypercapnia or normocapnia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

• Main Authors: Eastwood, Glenn, Nichol, Alistair D., Hodgson, Carol, Parke, Rachael L., McGuinness, Shay, Nielsen, Niklas, Bernard, Stephen, Skrifvars, Markus B., Stub, Dion, Taccone, Fabio S., Archer, John, Kutsogiannis, Demetrios, Dankiewicz, Josef, Lilja, Gisela, Cronberg, Tobias, Kirkegaard, Hans, Capellier, Gilles, Landoni, Giovanni, Horn, Janneke, Olasveengen, Theresa, Arabi, Yaseen, Chia, Yew Woon, Markota, Andrej, Hænggi, Matthias, Wise, Matt P., Grejs, Anders M., Christensen, Steffen, Munk-Andersen, Heidi, Granfeldt, Asger, Andersen, Geir Ø, Qvigstad, Eirik, Flaa, Arnljot, Thomas, Matthew, Sweet, Katie, Bewley, Jeremy, Bäcklund, Minna, Tiainen, Marjaana, Iten, Manuela, Levis, Anja, Peck, Leah, Walsham, James, Deane, Adam, Ghosh, Angajendra, Annoni, Filippo, Chen, Yan, Knight, David, Lesona, Eden, Tlayjeh, Haytham, Svenšek, Franc, McGuigan, Peter J., Cole, Jade, Pogson, David, Hilty, Matthias P., Düring, Joachim P., Bailey, Michael J., Paul, Eldho, Ady, Bridget, Ainscough, Kate, Hunt, Anna, Monahan, Sinéad, Trapani, Tony, Fahey, Ciara, Bellomo, Rinaldo
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171503
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Guidelines recommend normocapnia for adults with coma who are resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, mild hypercapnia increases cerebral blood flow and may improve neurologic outcomes.