Prehospital therapeutic hypothermia for comatose survivors of cardiac arrest: A randomized controlled trial

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 900-907

  KAmArAinen A ^a,b   Virkkunen, I ^a,b   Tenhunen, J ^b   Yli Hankala, A ^a,b   Silfvast, T ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RINGER SOLUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY;

AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67749145465     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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