Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Clinical Application and Management /

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has emerged as an important treatment option for patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest as it provides significant protection from developing neurologic injury.  Although hospitals and medical centres have become familiar with this intervention, it still remains great...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Lundbye, Justin B. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Cardiology.
Emergency medicine.
Critical care medicine.
Heart-Surgery.
Emergency Medicine.
Intensive Care Medicine.
Cardiac Surgery.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia.-3. Molecular Mechanism of Reperfusion Injury
  • 4. Cardiac Arrest: Who Should Be Cooled?
  • 5. Hypothermia: How to Cool
  • 6. How to Implement Therapeutic Hypothermia in the Hospital
  • 7. Post-Cardiac Arrest: How to Develop and Implement a Standard Therapeutic Hypothermia Protocol?
  • 8. Complications of Therapeutic Hypothermia Following Cardiac Arrest
  • 9. Pharmacology & Therapeutic Hypothermia
  • 10. Determination of Neurological Prognosis
  • 11. Therapeutic hypothermia as a treatment of myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock.

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