Comparison of external and intravascular cooling to induce hypothermia in patients after CPR

Objective: Hypothermia has been shown to reduce neurologic deficits in patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). It was not clear if intravascular cooling is superior to standard external cooling in inducing hypothermia. Goal of this study was to compare intravascular cooling with an autom...

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Main Authors: Strasser, Ruth H., Wunderlich, Carsten, Gildemeister, Ramona, Diewok, Claudia, Ziegs, Enrico, Simonis, Gregor, Flemming, Kerstin
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2006-06-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/en/gms/2006-4/000033.shtml