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Published in: Critical Care 1/2015

01-12-2015 | Review

Cooling techniques for targeted temperature management post-cardiac arrest

Authors: Charudatt Vaity, Nawaf Al-Subaie, Maurizio Cecconi

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://​ccforum.​com/​series/​annualupdate2015​. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://​www.​springer.​com/​series/​8901.
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Metadata
Title
Cooling techniques for targeted temperature management post-cardiac arrest
Authors
Charudatt Vaity
Nawaf Al-Subaie
Maurizio Cecconi
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-0804-1

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