Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 268-271 , March 2010

Dominique-Jean Larrey: The effects of therapeutic hypothermia and the first ambulance

  • Salomon Jasqui Remba

      Affiliations

    • Universidad Anahuac School of Medicine, México City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Joseph Varon

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA
    • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 2219 Dorrington St, Houston, TX 77030-3209, USA. Tel.: +1 713 669 1670; fax: +1 713 669 1671.
    • ,
  • Alma Rivera

      Affiliations

    • Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
    • ,
  • George L. Sternbach

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA

Received 15 August 2009 ,Revised 15 October 2009 ,Accepted 5 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.010

Resuscitation
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