Successful outcome utilizing hypothermia after cardiac arrest in pregnancy: A case report

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1354-1356

  Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Kelly, Elizabeth ^b   Jang, David ^b   Greer, Kenneth ^c   Heffner, Alan ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh ^*

^c MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Heart arrest; Hypothermia; Pregnancy; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMATOSE PATIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 41649107369     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318169ee99     Document Type: Article

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