Efficacy outcome selection in the therapeutic hypothermia after pediatric cardiac arrest trials

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Holubkov, Richard ^a   Clark, Amy E ^a   Moler, Frank W ^b   Slomine, Beth S ^a,c   Christensen, James R ^a,c   Silverstein, Faye S ^b   Meert, Kathleen L ^d   Pollack, Murray M ^e,f   Dean, J Michael ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; clinical trials; hypothermia; randomized; simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MORTALITY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETATIVE STAGE; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALES SECOND EDITION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921513804     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000272     Document Type: Article

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