Author: Dmitri Guvakov, MD, PhD; Stuart Weiss, MD, PhD; Albert Cheung, MD
Module updated - 2009-05-21
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Hypothermia
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ACP Journal Club Link2010-02-01
ACP Journal Club Review: Therapeutic hypothermia improves neurologic outcome and survival to discharge after cardiac arrest
Newly Cited Reference2008-06-05
Hypothermia therapy after traumatic brain injury in children.
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Albert Cheung, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Dmitri Guvakov, MD, PhD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Stuart Weiss, MD, PhD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Wenjun Zhou Martini, PhD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD, Editor, PIER, has received grant support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd , and honoraria for continuing medical education grand rounds and lectures given.


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