Therapeutic hypothermia for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1229-1237

  Lee, Rozalynne ^a   Asare, Kwame ^b  

^a SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Usvi   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart arrest; Hospitals; Hypothermia; Mortality; Toxicity; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN DAMAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COOLING; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHIVERING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 78349302347     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp090626     Document Type: Review

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