Therapeutic hypothermia for acute air embolic stroke

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-113

  Chang, Matthew ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air Embolism; Stroke; Therapeutic Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; VECURONIUM;

ACUTE CEREBRAL AIR EMBOLISM; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPNEA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESUSCITATION; SHIVERING;

EID: 84857865809     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.4.6659     Document Type: Article

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