title: Canadian Guidelines for the use of targeted temperature management (therapeutic hypothermia) after cardiac arrest: A joint statement from The Canadian Critical Care Society (CCCS), Canadian Neurocritical Care Society (CNCCS), and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG).
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. Electronic address: howesd@kgh.kari.net.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Howes
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Sara H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; Rescu, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; Division of Neurology Department of Medicine Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: J Gordon
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Djogovic
authors.affiliation: Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Golan
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jacka
authors.affiliation: Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Critical Care Medicine and Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Tasnim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sinuff
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chaplin
authors.affiliation: Critical Care Department, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Orla M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szulewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: Laurel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irvine
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Draga
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jichici
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muscedere
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003422:Critical Care; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced
keywords: Cardiac arrest; Post cardiac arrest syndrome; Targeted temperature management; Therapeutic hypothermia