Therapeutic hypothermia after pediatric cardiac arrest trials: The vanguard phase experience and implications for other trials

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-26

  Pemberton, Victoria L ^a   Browning, Brittan ^b   Webster, Angie ^b   Dean, J Michael ^b   Moler, Frank W ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; induced hypothermia; pediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNDING; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VANGUARD PHASE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873170482     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31825b860b     Document Type: Article

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