Targeted temperature management at 33°c versus 36°c after cardiac arrest

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2197-2206

  Nielsen, Niklas ^a,b   Wetterslev, Jørn ^e   Cronberg, Tobias ^b,c   Erlinge, David ^b   Gasche, Yvan ^f   Hassager, Christian ^e   Horn, Janneke ^g   Hovdenes, Jan ^h   Kjaergaard, Jesper ^e   Kuiper, Michael ^g,i   Pellis, Tommaso ^j   Stammet, Pascal ^l   Wanscher, Michael ^e   Wise, Matt P ^m   An̊eman, Anders ⁿ   Al Subaie, Nawaf ^o   Boesgaard, Søren ^e   Bro Jeppesen, John ^e   Brunetti, Iole ^k   Bugge, Jan Frederik ^h   Hingston, Christopher D ^m   Juffermans, Nicole P ^g   Koopmans, Matty ⁱ   Kbøer, Lars ^e   Langørgen, Jørund ^p   Lilja, Gisela ^b,c   Mløler, Jacob Eifer ^e   Rundgren, Malin ^b,c   Rylander, Christian ^d   Smid, Ondrej ^q   Werer, Christophe ^l   Winkel, Per ^e   Friberg, Hans ^b,c   more..

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^j Intensive Care Unit   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^q CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL PERFORMANCE CATEGORY SCALE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889259187     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1310519     Document Type: Article

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