Active surface cooling protocol to induce mild therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective before-and-after comparison in a single hospital

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated whether implementation of a therapeutic hypothermia (TH) protocol upon arrival in a community hospital improved survival and neurologic outcomes in patients initially found to have ventricular fibrillation (VF), pulseless electrical activity (PEA), or asystole and the...

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Main Authors: Don, Creighton W., Longstreth, WT, Maynard, Charles, Olsufka, Michele, Nichol, Graham, Ray, Todd, Kupchik, Nicole, Deem, Steven, Copass, Michael K., Cobb, Leonard A., Kim, Francis
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128345/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19770738
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b7f59c
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