Hemorrhagic shock resulting in cardiac arrest: Is therapeutic hypothermia contraindicated?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 669-670

  Lavinio, A ^a   Scudellari, A ^a   Gupta, A K ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; HEART ARREST; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; LETTER; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864430493     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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