Outcomes of a hospital-wide plan to improve care of comatose survivors of cardiac arrest

BACKGROUND: Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves outcomes in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. Few hospitals have protocol-driven plans that include TH. We implemented a series of process interventions designed to increase TH use and improve outcomes in patients successfully resuscitated from o...

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Main Authors: Rittenberger, Jon. C., Guyette, Francis X., Tisherman, Samuel A., DeVita, Michael A., Alvarez, Rene J., Callaway, Clifton W.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2590640/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18951113
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.08.014
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