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2-year survival of patients undergoing mild hypothermia treatment after ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest is significantly improved compared to historical controls

BACKGROUND: Therapeutic hypothermia has been proven to be effective in improving neurological outcome in patients after cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation (VF). Data concerning the effect of hypothermia treatment on long-term survival however is limited. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical a...

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Autores principales: Storm, Christian, Nee, Jens, Krueger, Anne, Schefold, Joerg C, Hasper, Dietrich
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2818632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20064213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-18-2