The patient is receiving therapeutic hypothermia treatment following a massive myocardial infarction with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 30 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). It is most important to plan care to address which complication of therapeutic hypothermia?
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