Caution when defining prolonged downtime in out of hospital cardiac arrest as extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation becomes accessible and feasible

Resuscitation. 2014 Aug;85(8):979-80. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.05.018. Epub 2014 Jun 3.

Authors

Kelly N Sawyer¹, Michael C Kurz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA. Electronic address: Kelly.Sawyer@beaumont.edu.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.

PMID: 24925119
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.05.018

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MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
Coma / etiology*
Female
Humans
Hypothermia, Induced / methods*
Male
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy*