Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 393-397 , April 2010

Induced hypothermia and determination of neurological outcome after CPR in ICUs in the Netherlands: Results of a survey

  • Aline Bouwes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Neurology, Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, P.O. Box 9243, 1006 AE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Intensive Care, Room C3-423, Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 5662509; fax: +31 20 5669568.
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  • Michael A. Kuiper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Intensive Care, Medical Center Leeuwarden, P.O. Box 888, 8901 BR, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Albert Hijdra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Janneke Horn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 21 July 2009 ,Revised 19 November 2009 ,Accepted 30 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.2009.12.032.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00019-5

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.032

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