• J Trauma Nurs · Jan 2009

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    Therapeutic hypothermia in the postresuscitation patient: the development and implementation of an evidence-based protocol for the emergency department.

    • Zeb Koran.
    • Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, USA.
    • J Trauma Nurs. 2009 Jan 1;16(1):48-57; quiz 58-9.

    AbstractStudies have shown that therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves outcomes in patients who have experienced a cardiac arrest (; ). This article discusses TH and the process used by one emergency department to develop and implement an evidence-based protocol on TH for the postresuscitation patient.

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