Induced hypothermia in comatose survivors of asphyxia: A case series of 14 consecutive cases

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 821-826

  Baldursdottir, S ^a,b   Sigvaldason, K ^a,b   Karason, S ^a,b   Valsson, F ^a,b   Sigurdsson, G H ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; METHANE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PROPOFOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DROWNING; GAS POISONING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HANGING; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; APACHE; BRAIN; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; APACHE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD; COMA; DROWNING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHANE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954363844     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02248.x     Document Type: Article

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