Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 388-392 , April 2010

Rapid induction of therapeutic hypothermia using convective-immersion surface cooling: Safety, efficacy and outcomes

  • Daniel Howes

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    • Emergency Medicine Critical Care, Queen's University, 20-202 Richardson House, KGH, 102 Stuart St., Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3V7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 613 453 5593; fax: +1 613 548 1331.
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  • William Ohley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, United States
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  • Paul Dorian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Cathy Klock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
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  • Robert Freedman

      Affiliations

    • Life Recovery Systems HD, LLC, 150 Hopper Avenue, Waldwick, NJ 07463, United States
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  • Robert Schock

      Affiliations

    • Life Recovery Systems HD, LLC, 150 Hopper Avenue, Waldwick, NJ 07463, United States
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  • Danica Krizanac

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/6D, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Michael Holzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Received 6 November 2009 ,Revised 18 December 2009 ,Accepted 26 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.025.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00012-2

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.025

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 388-392 , April 2010

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