Targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest and fever control with an esophageal cooling device

Autor: Ahmed F. Hegazy, Danielle M. Lapierre, Eyad Althenayan
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Critical Care
Europe PubMed Central
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc14504
Popis: Mild hypothermia and fever control have been shown to improve neurological outcomes post cardiac arrest. Common methods to induce hypothermia include body surface cooling and intravascular cooling; however, a new approach using a catheter placed into the esophagus has recently become available.
Databáze: OpenAIRE