Abstract / Description of output
Guidelines recommend the use of mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the early post-resuscitation management of select out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases. This study aims to assess the current use of MTH and PCI in Scottish Emergency Departments (ED) and Intensive Care Units (ICU). We conducted a questionnaire survey of all the Scottish Emergency Medicine Consultants, EDs and ICUs. MTH was more commonly initiated in ICU than in the ED (19; 91 vs. 7; 37%, P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 102-4 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |