Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in Lower Austria - A cross-sectional survey

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-107

  Kliegel, Andreas ^a   Gamper, Gunnar ^a   Mayr, Harald ^a  

^a Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; postresuscitation care; stherapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COOLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WARMING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79953102095     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833d46b2     Document Type: Article

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