Mild therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: Keep on chilling

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 206-207

  Nolan, Jerry P ^a   Soar, Jasmeet ^b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; postcardiac arrest syndrome; therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

AORTA BALLOON; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMATOSE PATIENT; COOLING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILD INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78651237178     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318202e648     Document Type: Editorial

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