Erschienen in:
01.08.2007 | Letter
Mild induced hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: persisting doubts about patient safety
verfasst von:
Bhavesh M Patel, Alyssa B Chapital, Mohamed Y Rady, Joel S Larson
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 4/2007
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Excerpt
In a study of the endovascular cooling system Alsius CoolGard™ combined with the Icy™ venous catheter, Pichon and colleagues concluded the effectiveness and safety of mild induced hypothermia (MIH) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation [
1]. We are troubled because the study has reproduced several safety concerns about MIH that have not been confronted. …