We should not abandon therapeutic cooling after cardiac arrest

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Polderman, Kees H ^a   Varon, Joseph ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d University General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURVIVAL RATE; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897548990     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13817     Document Type: Editorial

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