Therapeutic hypothermia for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Implementation in a district general hospital emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 970-973

  Patil, Shashank ^a   Bhayani, Sadiq ^a   Denton, John M ^a   Nolan, Jerry ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL AUDIT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054758741     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.091439     Document Type: Article

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