Resuscitation
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Comparative Study
Comparison of surface cooling and invasive cooling for rapid induction of mild therapeutic hypothermia in pigs--effectiveness of two different devices.
The effectiveness and safety of non-invasive surface cooling was compared to invasive endovascular cooling in an animal model. ⋯ Surface cooling is a simple method for achieving fast cooling rates. In our animal model, non-invasive cooling was three times faster than rapid endovascular cooling without overshoot.