Resuscitation
Volume 83, Issue 2 , Pages 188-196 , February 2012

Does therapeutic hypothermia benefit adult cardiac arrest patients presenting with non-shockable initial rhythms?: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized studies

  • Young-Min Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyeon-Woo Yim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • CMC Clinical Research Coordinating Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Seung-Hee Jeong

      Affiliations

    • CMC Clinical Research Coordinating Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Mary Lou Klem

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Library System, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Clifton W. Callaway

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Iroquois Building, Suite 400A 3600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Tel.: +1 412 647 9047; fax: +1 412 647 6999.

Received 11 April 2011 ,Revised 26 June 2011 ,Accepted 20 July 2011.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.07.031.

PII: S0300-9572(11)00469-2

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.07.031

Resuscitation
Volume 83, Issue 2 , Pages 188-196 , February 2012

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