Passive antipyretic therapy is not as effective as invasive hypothermia for maintaining normothermia after cardiac arrest

Targeted temperature management is a class I indication in comatose patients after a cardiac arrest. While the literature has primarily focused on innovative methods to achieve target temperatures, pharmacologic therapy has received little attention. We sought to examine whether pharmacologic therapy using antipyretics is effective in maintaining normothermia in post cardiac arrest patients.Patients ≥18 years who were resuscitated after an...