Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 373-374 , April 2010

Therapeutic hypothermia: The race to faster cooling

  • Joseph Varon

      Affiliations

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

Received 27 January 2010

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PII: S0300-9572(10)00060-2

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.018

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 373-374 , April 2010

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