Improving outcomes from resuscitation: from hypertension and hemodilution to therapeutic hypothermia to H2.
Tomas Drabek, Patrick M Kochanek · Circulation · 2014
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H2HUBB TAKEAWAY
This publication is a scientific hypothesis or perspective about molecular hydrogen and identifies directions for further research.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed how inhaled hydrogen gas was evaluated in this publication and summarizes the source-grounded findings below. Intraperitoneal administration of H₂ improved survival rate and neurological scores, reduced neuronal injury and inhibited neuronal apoptosis after ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest in rabbits.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
12 Inhalation of H₂ gas initiated upon resuscitation from six minutes of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest resulted in improved survival rate, neurologic outcome, and attenuation of histological damage. Intraperitoneal administration of H₂ improved survival rate and neurological scores, reduced neuronal injury and inhibited neuronal apoptosis after ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest in rabbits. 23 Intravenous treatment with hydrogen-enriched saline improved survival and neurological outcome after asphyxial cardiac arrest in rats, which were partially mediated by reducing oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis.
Why These Findings Matter
These findings add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential within the biological process and outcomes directly measured in this publication and contribute to the growing body of molecular-hydrogen research.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is review or synthesis evidence (hypothesis or perspective).
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as hypothesis or perspective with review or synthesis evidence. The hydrogen delivery method was inhaled hydrogen gas.
Limitations and Safety
No separate limitations or safety findings were identified in the current-study source text available to H2HUBB.
Original Study and H2HUBB Research Context
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What the Researchers Studied
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