Therapeutic hypothermia-From the bench to the bedside: Are we there yet?

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-184

  Acosta, Pilar ^a   Varon, Joseph ^b  

^a Dorrington Medical Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; COMA; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; EDITORIAL; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED;

EID: 54049153312     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.09.010     Document Type: Editorial

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