Blood ammonia is a predictive biomarker of neurologic outcome in cardiac arrest patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1395-1401

  Cho, Young Mo ^a   Lim, Yong Su ^a   Yang, Hyuk Jun ^a   Park, Won Bin ^a   Cho, Jin Seong ^a   Kim, Jin Joo ^a   Hyun, Sung Youl ^a   Lee, Mi Jin ^b   Kang, Young Joon ^c   Lee, Gun ^a  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

^b Konyang University   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALOSIS; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PH; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 84869438034     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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