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SUBMITTER: Kulstad EB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4129793 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kulstad Erik B EB Courtney D Mark DM Waller Donald D
World journal of emergency medicine 20120101 2
<h4>Background</h4>Induction of hypothermia (a 4 °C decrease from baseline) improves outcomes in adult cardiac arrest and neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, and may benefit other conditions as well. Methods used to implement or prevent hypothermia typically require skin contact with blankets or pads or intravascular access with catheter devices. The study was to evaluate the potential to induce mild therapeutic hypothermia via an esophageal route in a porcine model.<h4>Methods</h4>Single- ...[more]