Implementation of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in intensive care units in Poland

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-274

  Krawczyk, Paweł ^a   Kołodziej, Gabriela ^a   Szpyra, Bartłomiej ^a   Andres, Janusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barriers; Implementation of resuscitation guidelines; Post cardiac arrest syndrome; Post resuscitation care; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMATOSE PATIENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT CARE; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84875436940     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/KP.2013.0040     Document Type: Article

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