Uncertainties of death and dying in the era of therapeutic hypothermia: Impact on patient care and research

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-273

  Mulder, Maximilian ^a   Geocadin, Romergryko G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Neurologic outcome; Poor outcome; Prognostication; Therapeutic hypothermia; Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DYING; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCERTAINTY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE;

EID: 84875052525     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.12.021     Document Type: Editorial

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