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CAST: a new score for early prediction of neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest before therapeutic hypothermia with high accuracy

Authors: Mitsuaki Nishikimi, Naoyuki Matsuda, Kota Matsui, Kunihiko Takahashi, Tadashi Ejima, Keibun Liu, Takayuki Ogura, Michiko Higashi, Hitoshi Umino, Go Makishi, Atsushi Numaguchi, Satoru Matsushima, Hideki Tokuyama, Mitsunobu Nakamura, Shigeyuki Matsui

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2016

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Title: CAST: a new score for early prediction of neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest before therapeutic hypothermia with high accuracy
Authors: Mitsuaki Nishikimi
Naoyuki Matsuda
Kota Matsui
Kunihiko Takahashi
Tadashi Ejima
Keibun Liu
Takayuki Ogura
Michiko Higashi
Hitoshi Umino
Go Makishi
Atsushi Numaguchi
Satoru Matsushima
Hideki Tokuyama
Mitsunobu Nakamura
Shigeyuki Matsui
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4492-3

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