Postcardiac arrest temperature management: Infectious risks

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 507-515

  Kuchena, Admire ^a   Merkel, Matthias J ^a   Hutchens, Michael P ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Central venous catheter associated bloodstream infection; Infection; Pneumonia; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION;

NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84925943542     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000125     Document Type: Review

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