Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 8 , Pages 943-949 , August 2010

Safety and feasibility of nasopharyngeal evaporative cooling in the emergency department setting in survivors of cardiac arrest

  • H.-J. Busch

      Affiliations

    • Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
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  • F. Eichwede

      Affiliations

    • Medizinisches Zentrum Aachen, Departement of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Würselen, Germany
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  • M. Födisch

      Affiliations

    • Evangelisches Waldkrankenhaus, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive and Emergency Care, Bonn, Germany
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  • F.S. Taccone

      Affiliations

    • Erasme University Hospital, Department of Intensive Care, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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  • G. Wöbker

      Affiliations

    • HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, Department of Intensive Care, Wuppertal, Germany
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  • T. Schwab

      Affiliations

    • Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
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  • H.-B. Hopf

      Affiliations

    • Asklepios Klinik Langen, Departement of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Langen, Germany
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  • P. Tonner

      Affiliations

    • Klinikum Links der Weser, Departement of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Bremen, Germany
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  • S. Hachimi-Idrissi

      Affiliations

    • Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Critical Care Medicine and Cerebral Resuscitation Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
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  • P. Martens

      Affiliations

    • Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan, Departement of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Brugge, Belgium
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  • H. Fritz

      Affiliations

    • Krankenhaus Martha-Maria Halle-Dölau, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Halle/Salle, Germany
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  • Ch. Bode

      Affiliations

    • Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
    • ,
  • J.-L. Vincent

      Affiliations

    • Erasme University Hospital, Department of Intensive Care, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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  • B. Inderbitzen

      Affiliations

    • BeneChill Inc., San Diego, USA
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  • D. Barbut

      Affiliations

    • BeneChill Inc., San Diego, USA
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  • F. Sterz

      Affiliations

    • Medical University of Vienna, Department of Emergency Medicine, Währingergürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • A. Janata

      Affiliations

    • Medical University of Vienna, Department of Emergency Medicine, Währingergürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 1 40400 1964.

Received 9 December 2009 ,Revised 13 April 2010 ,Accepted 28 April 2010.

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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.2010.04.027.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00257-1

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.027

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