Improving outcomes from resuscitation: from hypertension and hemodilution to therapeutic hypothermia to H2

Affiliations

¹ From the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. drabekt@anes.upmc.edu.
² From the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.

Editorial

Tomas Drabek et al. Circulation. 2014.

. 2014 Dec 9;130(24):2133-5.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013566. Epub 2014 Nov 3.

¹ From the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. drabekt@anes.upmc.edu.
² From the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Keywords: Editorials; brain ischemia; heart arrest; hypothermia; resuscitation.

Comment on

Hydrogen inhalation during normoxic resuscitation improves neurological outcome in a rat model of cardiac arrest independently of targeted temperature management.
Hayashida K, Sano M, Kamimura N, Yokota T, Suzuki M, Ohta S, Fukuda K, Hori S. Hayashida K, et al. Circulation. 2014 Dec 9;130(24):2173-80. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.011848. Epub 2014 Nov 3. Circulation. 2014. PMID: 25366995

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