Non-extracorporeal rewarming at a rate of 6.8°C per hour in a deeply hypothermic arrested patient

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Gruber, Elisabeth ^a   Beikircher, Werner ^a   Pizzinini, Roman ^a   Marsoner, Hansjörg ^a   Pörnbacher, Marian ^a   Brugger, Hermann ^b,c   Paal, Peter ^c,d  

^a Hospital of Bruneck   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^c International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM)   (Italy)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; REWARMING; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84903785396     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.05.011     Document Type: Letter

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