In unconscious survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac cause, hypothermia at a targeted temperature of 33°C did not confer a benefit compared to a targeted temperature of 36°C.
Level of evidence: 1B (CEBM-RCT with narrow CIs)
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