Mild hypothermia treatment in patients resuscitated from non-shockable cardiac arrest

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-103

  Storm, Christian ^a   Nee, Jens ^a   Roser, Mattias ^b   Jörres, Achim ^a   Hasper, Dietrich ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYSTOLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856107982     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.105171     Document Type: Article

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