Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in hypothermic patients

Cardiac Arrest: The Science and Practice of Resuscitation Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1014-1027

  Mair, P ^a   Schwarz, B ^a   Walpoth, B ^b   Silfvast, T ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Meilhati Hospital   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544828.059     Document Type: Chapter

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