Post-cardiac arrest management: More than global cooling?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 591-594

  Bouch, D C ^a   Thompson, J P ^a   Damian, M S ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORE TEMPERATURE; EDITORIAL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; NERVE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CRYOANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; NEURONS;

EID: 43249092375     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen075     Document Type: Editorial

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