Mild hypothermia for post cardiac arrest syndrome

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7618, 2007, Pages 459-460

  Soar, Jasmeet ^a   Nolan, Jerry P ^b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal United Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROPROTECTION; ORGAN INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THERMOREGULATION;

HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED;

EID: 34548633195     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39315.519201.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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