Therapeutic hypothermia for anoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest: A "cool" transition toward cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2008-2009

  Broccard, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic brain injury; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Coma; Human; Retrospective study; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PROTECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMATOSE PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 33745586041     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000226836.72913.C4     Document Type: Editorial

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