hegardt

Interesting study, but I think it's a bit unfortunate that they don't compare hypothermia+xenon with hypothermia + any other anaesthetic. If outcome in the HT+Xenon-group is better than in the HT-group we still don't know if it's Xenon as a gas or if it's Xenon as an anaesthetic that is the reason. When treating adults with hypothermia after cardiac arrest the patients are deeply sedated to decrease brain metabolism and oxygen demand. Since Xenon is the most expensive anaesthetic agent out there it would be interesting if we can achieve the same result with a much cheaper mainstream anaesthetic, like sevoflurane or some iv-drug.