Cardiac arrhythmias associated with severe traumatic brain injury and hypothermia therapy

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 408-414

  Bourdages, MacHa ^a   Bigras, Jean Luc ^b   Farrell, Catherine A ^b   Hutchison, James S ^c   Lacroix, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Clinical trial; Critical care medicine; Hypothermia therapy; Pediatrics; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRADYCARDIA; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77952316397     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181c51dea     Document Type: Article

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