Treatment of Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Induced Hypothermia
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 21 February 2002Open access
Stephen Bernard, Timothy W. Gray, Michael Buist, Bruce M Jones, William Silvester, Geoff Gutteridge
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Treatment with moderate hypothermia appears to improve outcomes in patients with coma after resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to preliminary observations.
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Our preliminary observations suggest that treatment with moderate hypothermia appears to improve outcomes in patients with coma after resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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