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To assess differences in cerebral performance category (CPC) in patients who received therapeutic hypothermia post cardiac arrest by time to initiation, time to target temperature, and duration of therapeutic hypothermia (TH).

A secondary data analysis was conducted using hospital-specific data from the international cardiac arrest registry (INTCAR) database. The analytic sample included 172 adult patients who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and were treated in one Midwestern hospital. Measures included time from arrest to ROSC, arrest to TH, arrest to target temperature, and length of time target temperature was maintained. CPC was assessed at three points: transfer from ICU, discharge from hospital, and post discharge follow-up.

Average age was 63.6 years and 74.4% of subjects were male. Subjects had TH initiation a mean of 94.4min (SD 81.6) after cardiac arrest …