During all three phases of therapeutic hypothermia, patients should be assessed for treatment complications, as well as for signs of adverse events associated with cardiac arrest (see Table 132). Shivering, pneumonia, bleeding, hypoglycemia, sepsis, pulmonary edema, and bacterial translocation are some of the more common complications of therapeutic hypothermia, whereas seizures and cardiac arrhythmias may occur in any patient following cardiac arrest, regardless of whether hypothermia is induced. - See more at: http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/CEArticle?an=00000446-201207000-00024&Journal_ID=54030&Issue_ID=1367806#sthash.Vi0Q8jVD.dpuf