Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest

Bernard, Stephen A

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06399.x

Topics

Anesthesia, analgesia and pain

Cardiovascular diseases

Emergency medicine

Hypothermia is now standard care for some types of cardiac arrest

Intensive Care Unit, Dandenong Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence:

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