Post-cardiac arrest syndrome: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognostication: A Scientific Statement from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation; the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee; the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-28

  Nolan, Jerry P ^a   Neumar, Robert W ^a   Adrie, Christophe ^a   Aibiki, Mayuki ^a   Berg, Robert A ^a   Bbttiger, Bernd W ^a   Callaway, Clifton ^a   Clark, Robert S B ^a   Geocadin, Romergryko G ^a   Jauch, Edward C ^a   Kern, Karl B ^a   Laurent, Ivan ^a   Longstreth, W T ^a   Merchant, Raina M ^a   Morley, Peter ^a   Morrison, Laurie J ^a   Nadkarni, Vinay ^a   Peberdy, Mary Ann ^a   Rivers, Emanuel P ^a   Rodriguez Nunez, Antonio ^a   Sellke, Frank W ^a   Spaulding, Christian ^a   Sunde, Kjetil ^a   Hoek, Terry Vanden ^a   more..

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Post cardiac arrest syndrome; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049094214     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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