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Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 1/2009

Open Access 01-12-2009 | Commentary

Prehospital cooling in cardiac arrest - the next frontier?

Author: Eldar Søreide

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in unconscious survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is now a well-documented part of post-resuscitation care. Implementation of TH into daily clinical practice has been far more successful in the Scandinavian countries than in the rest of the world. Still, many questions remain. One of them is whether prehospital cooling will result in better outcomes.
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Metadata
Title
Prehospital cooling in cardiac arrest - the next frontier?
Author
Eldar Søreide
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-17-54

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