A 4-year implementation strategy of aggressive post-resuscitation care and temperature management after cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1251-1256

  Pellis, T ^a   Sanfilippo, F ^a,b   Roncarati, A ^a   Dibenedetto, F ^a   Franceschino, E ^a   Lovisa, D ^a   Magagnin, L ^a   Mercante, W P ^a   Mione, V ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Cerebral performance category; Continuous professional development; Hyperthermic rebound; Standard operative procedures; Target temperature management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EPILEPSY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MYOCLONUS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RISK REDUCTION; TARGET TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT DEVICE; ADULT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THERMOREGULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEVER; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906066130     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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