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Rapid Induction of Mild Cerebral Hypothermia by Cold Aortic Flush Achieves Normal Recovery in a Dog Outcome Model with 20-minute Exsanguination Cardiac Arrest

  1. Wilhelm Behringer MD1,
  2. Stephan Prueckner MD1,
  3. Peter Safar MD1,
  4. Ann Radovsky DVM, PhD1,
  5. Rainer Kentner MD1,
  6. S. William Stezoski1,
  7. Jeremy Henchir BS1,
  8. Samuel A. Tisherman MD2,*

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00489.x

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Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume 7, Issue 12, pages 1341–1348, December 2000

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Behringer, W., Prueckner, S., Safar, P., Radovsky, A., Kentner, R., Stezoski, S. W., Henchir, J. and Tisherman, S. A. (2000), Rapid Induction of Mild Cerebral Hypothermia by Cold Aortic Flush Achieves Normal Recovery in a Dog Outcome Model with 20-minute Exsanguination Cardiac Arrest. Academic Emergency Medicine, 7: 1341–1348. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00489.x

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  1. 1

    Safar Center for Resuscitation Research and the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (WB, SP, PS, AR, RK, SWS, JH, SAT)

  2. 2

    Department of Surgery (SAT), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

* Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, 3434 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Fax: 412-624-6736; e-mail: tishermansa@msx.upmc.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008
  3. Received March 15, 2000;revision received June 27, 2000; accepted July 3, 2000

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