American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 570-573, June 2009

Immediate prehospital hypothermia protocol in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

  • Laure Hammer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 476768779; fax: +33 476765569.
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  • François Vitrat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chambery Hospital, Chambery, France
    • ,
  • Dominique Savary, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mobile Emergency and Intensive Care Units, Annecy Hospital, Annecy, France
    • ,
  • Guillaume Debaty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mobile Emergency and Intensive Care Units, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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  • Charles Santre, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Annecy Hospital, Annecy, France
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  • Michel Durand, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
    • ,
  • Geraldine Dessertaine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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  • Jean-François Timsit, PhD

      Affiliations

    • INSERM/UJF U823, “Outcome of Cancer and Clinical Illnesses,” Albert Bonniot Institute, La Tronche, France

Received 12 February 2008; received in revised form 16 April 2008; accepted 20 April 2008.

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PII: S0735-6757(08)00338-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2008.04.028

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 570-573, June 2009

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