Cold saline infusion and ice packs alone are effective in inducing and maintaining therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-19

  Larsson, Ing Marie ^a   Wallin, Ewa ^a   Rubertsson, Sten ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Hypothermia; Outcome; Resuscitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ICE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INGUINAL REGION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NECK; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; ICE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARMING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72049131288     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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