Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of hospital cardiac arrest: how to secure worldwide implementation

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-215

  Søreide, Eldar ^a   Sunde, Kjetil ^b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Implementation; Research into critical care medicine; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMATOSE PATIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; CRYOANESTHESIA; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 43249100408     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f51d6d     Document Type: Review

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