Hypothermia for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: a single-center experience

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1078-1080

  Bekkers, Sebastiaan C A M ^a   Eikemans, Bob J W ^a   de Krom, Marc C T F M ^a   Tieleman, Robert ^a   Braat, Simon H J G ^a   Dassen, Willem ^a   Partouns, Jean ^a   de Zwaan, Chris ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36049040773     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.06.008     Document Type: Letter

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