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incomplete Journal Club Article

Holzer M, et al. "Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve the Neurologic Outcome After Cardiac Arrest". The New England Journal of Medicine. 2002. 346(8):549-556.
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Does mild hypothermia improve neurologic outcomes compared with standard care normothermia in patients surviving ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardic arrest?

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