Outcome and current status of therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Korea using data from the Korea Hypothermia Network registry

ObjectiveTherapeutic hypothermia (TH) has become the standard strategy for reducing brain damage in the postresuscitation period. The aim of this study was to investigate current TH performance and outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors using data from the Korean Hypothermia Net...

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Main Authors: Byung Kook Lee, Kyu Nam Park, Gu Hyun Kang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Giwoon Kim, Won Young Kim, Jin Hong Min, Yooseok Park, Jung Bae Park, Gil Joon Suh, Yoo Dong Son, Jonghwan Shin, Joo Suk Oh, Yeon Ho You, Dong Hoon Lee, Jong Seok Lee, Hoon Lim, Tae Chang Jang, Gyu Chong Cho, In Soo Cho, Kyoung Chul Cha, Seung Pill Choi, Wook Jin Choi, Chul Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2014-09-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-14-007.pdf