Prehospital cooling with hypothermia caps (PreCoCa): A feasibility study

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 768-772

  Storm, Christian ^a   Schefold, Joerg C ^a   Kerner, Thoralf ^a   Schmidbauer, Willi ^b   Gloza, Jola ^a   Krueger, Anne ^a   Jörres, Achim ^a   Hasper, Dietrich ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Hypothermia cap; Prehospital cooling; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA CAP; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52449083594     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-008-0678-1     Document Type: Article

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