Min-Shan Tsai, Denise Barbut, Hao Wang, Jun Guan, Shijie Sun, MD, Becky Inderbitzen, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Intra-arrest rapid head cooling improves postresuscitation myocardial function in comparison with delayed postresuscitation surface cooling. Published in Critical Care Medicine 2008; 36[Suppl.]:S434-S439. (PDF)

Jun Guan, Denise Barbut, Hao Wang, Yongqin Li, Min-Shan Tsai, Shijie Sun, Becky Inderbitzen, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. A comparison between head cooling begun during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and surface cooling after resuscitation in a pig model of cardiac arrest. Published in Critical Care Medicine 2008; 36[Suppl.]:S428-S433. (PDF)

Min-Shan Tsai, Denise Barbut, Jun Guan, Joe Bisera, Becky Inderbitzen, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. The amplitude spectrum area correctly predicts improved resuscitation and facilitated defibrillation with head cooling. Published in Critical Care Medicine 2008;36[Suppl.]:S413-S417. (PDF)

Min-Shan Tsai, Denise Barbut, Wanchun Tang, Hao Wang, Jun Guan, Tong Wang, Shijie Sun, Becky Inderbitzen, Max Harry Weil. Rapid Head Cooling Initiated Coincident with CPR Improves Success of Defibrillation and Post-Resuscitation Myocardial Function In a Porcine Model of Prolonged Cardiac Arrest.Published in JACC 2008 May 20; 51(20).

Marla R. Wolfson, Daniel J. Malone, Jichuan Wu, John Hoffman, Allan Rozenberg, Thomas H. Shaffer, and Denise Barbut. Intranasal Perfluorochemical Spray for Preferential Brain Cooling in Sheep. Published in Neurocritical Care 2008; 8(3);437-47, Humana Press Inc.

Tao Yu, Giuseppe Ristagno, Yongqin Li, Max H. Weil, Wanchun Tang. Nasopharyngeal Cooling Improves Coronary Perfusion Pressure and Amplitude Spectrum Area During CPR in Comparison to Systemic Cold Saline Infusion in a Porcine Model of Prolonged Cardiac Arrest. American Heart Association Meeting, Orlando, FL; Poster presentation (November 2009). (PDF)

Maaret Castrén, Per Nordberg, Didier Desruelles, Frank Eichwede, Pierre Mols, Fabio Silvio Taconne, Jean-Louis Vincent, Leif Svensson, Hans-Jörg Bush, Michel Vergnion, Chirstian Storm, Antonio Pesenti, Jan Pachl, Fabien Guérisse, Thomas Elste, Markus Roessler, Harald Fritz, Pieterjan Durnez, Denise Barbut. Intra-arrest Transnasal Cooling: A Randomized Prehospital Study: PRINCE (Pre-ROSC Intra Nasal Cooling Effectiveness). American Heart Association Meeting, Orlando, FL; Oral presentation (November 2009). (PDF). Click here to view presentation (PowerPoint).

F. Taccone, D. Deloungueville, D. Desruelles, F. Eichwede, T. Schwab, M. Vergnion, C. Storm, L. Stamakakis, T. Elste, H. Fritz, P Durnez, M. Roesseler, H.-J. Busch, D. Barbut. PRINCE (Pre-ROSC Intra-Nasal Cooling Effectiveness): A Randomized Study. International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine; Poster presentation (March 2009) (PDF)

Jun Hwi Cho, Giuseppe Ristagno, Tao Yu, Yongqin Li, Shijie Sun, Carlos Castillo, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Early Intra-Nasal Cooling During CPR Using Either Oxygen Or Air As A Propellant of the Evaporative Cooler. Society for Critical Care Medicine Meeting; Poster presentation (February 2009). (PDF)

Jun Hwi Cho, Denise Barbut Giuseppe Ristagno, Tao Yu, Yongqin Li, Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Survival and neurological outcomes after trans-nasal cooling initiated during CPR and maintained for either one or four hour following resuscitation. Society for Critical Care Medicine Meeting; Poster presentation (February 2009). (PDF)

Tao Yu, Denise Barbut, Giuseppe Ristagno, Jun Hwi Cho, Shijie Sun, Yongqin Li, Carlos Castillo, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Comparison between nasopharyngeal cooling and IV injection of cold saline initiated during CPR on resuscitation outcome in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest. Society for Critical Care Medicine Meeting; Poster presentation (February 2009). (PDF)

H.-J. Busch, H. Schwab, C. Bode, T. Schwab. Rapid electrical and hemodynamic stabilization during cardiac arrest via trans-nasal cooling in a patient with prehospital cardiac arrest: A case report. Society for Critical Care Medicine Meeting; Poster presentation (February 2009). (PDF)

Giuseppe Ristagno, Denise Barbut, Jun Hwi Cho, Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Safety and efficacy of head cooling in a porcine model of cardiopulmonary resuscitation with chest compression only and without airway protection. American Heart Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Giuseppe Ristagno, Jun Hwi Cho, Tao Yu, Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Selective head cooling initiated during CPR induces post-resuscitation carotid artery dilation and increases in carotid artery flow and cerebral cortical microcirculation. American Heart Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA; Oral presentation (2008). (PDF)

Simona Tantillo, Giuseppe Ristagno, Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Early Selective Head Cooling During CPR Improves Post-ROSC Hemodynamic Stability And Decreases Recurrence Of Ventricular Fibrillation. American Heart Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA; Oral presentation (2008). (PDF)

Jun Hwi Cho, Denise Barbut, Giuseppe Ristagno, Yongqin Li, Shijie Sun, Carlos Castillo, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Early Selective Trans-nasal Cooling during CPR Improves Success Of Resuscitation In A Porcine Model Of Pulseless Electrical Activity Cardiac Arrest. American Heart Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Tao Yu, Denise Barbut, Giuseppe Ristagno, Jun Hwi Cho, Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang. Exploratory Study on Mechanism By Which Hypothermia Improves Outcomes of CPR. American Heart Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

H.-J. Busch, A. Janata, F. Eichwede, M. Födisch, G. Wöbker, M. Stefan, T. Schwab, E. Karassimos, H. Fritz, B. Inderbitzen, D. Barbut, F. Sterz. Safety and feasibility of a new innovative cooling approach for immediate induction of therapeutic hypothermia in patients after successful resuscitation – Trans-nasal cooling after cardiac arrest. American Heart Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA; (2008). Poster presentation (PDF) • Abstract (PDF).

G.Y. Sung, M. Torbey. RhinoChill: A novel hypothermia delivery system. World Stroke Organization Annual congress, Vienna, Austria; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

H.-J. Busch, M. Brunner, H. Schwab, B. Inderbitzen, D. Barbut, T. Schwab. Pre-treatment with trans-nasal cooling for the induction of therapeutic hypothermia in patients with cardiac arrest leads to a significant faster achievement of target temperature during systemic cooling. European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Markus J. Foedisch, Andreas Viehoefer, Christina Knuth, Becky Inderbitzen, Denise Barbut. Rapid induction of therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest with intranasal cooling- a preliminary report. European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Andreas Janata, Heidrun Losert, Keywan Bayegan, Moritz Haugk, Jasmin Arrich, Danica Krizanac, Anton N. Laggner, Denise Barbut, Fritz Sterz. Nasal Cooling With a New Cooling Device in Patients After Cardiac Arrest and Successful Resuscitation. European Resuscitation Council Biannual Congress, Ghent, Belgium; Oral presentation (2008). (PDF)

Hao Wang, Min-Shan Tsai, Jun Guan, Wanchun Tang, Shijie Sun, Denise Barbut, Max Harry Weil. Intra-arrest intranasal cooling improves success of resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest. European Resuscitation Council Biannual Congress, Ghent, Belgium; Oral presentation (2008). (PDF)

Jun Guan, Wanchun Tang, Hao Wang, Tong Wang, Yongqin Li, Shijie Sun, Min-Shan Tsai, Denise Barbut, Max Harry Weil. Intranasal Spray of Perfluorocarbon Can Rapidly Reduce Brain Temperature and Culminate in Systemic Hypothermia in a Pig Model of Prolonged Cardiac Arrest. Society of Critical Care Medicine Meeting, Honolulu, HI; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Jun Guan, Wanchun Tang, Hao Wang, Yongqin Li, Min-Shan Tsai, Shijie Sun, Denise Barbut, Becky Inderbitzen, Max Harry Weil. A Comparison Between Head Cooling Begun During CPR and Surface Cooling after Resuscitation. Society of Critical Care Medicine Meeting, Honolulu, HI; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Hao Wang, Denise Barbut, Wanchun Tang, Min-Shan Tsai, Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil. Intra-Arrest Intra-Nasal Cooling Improves Resuscitation After Prolonged Cardiac Arrest In Pigs. Society of Critical Care Medicine Meeting, Honolulu, HI; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Min-Shan Tsai, Wanchun Tang, Hao Wang, Jun Guan, Shijie Sun, Denise Barbut, Becky Inderbitzen, Max Harry Weil. Intra-arrest Rapid Head Cooling Improves Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Over Delayed Post-resuscitation Systemic Cooling In A Porcine Model of Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation. Society of Critical Care Medicine Meeting, Honolulu, HI; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Min-Shan Tsai, Wanchun Tang, Hao Wang, Jun Guan, Shijie Sun, Denise Barbut, Becky Inderbitzen, Max Harry Weil. Intra-Arrest Rapid Head Cooling Improves Amplitude Spectrum Area of Ventricular Fibrillation And Facilitates Defibrillation. Society of Critical Care Medicine Meeting, Honolulu, HI; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Min-Shan Tsai, Wanchun Tang, Hao Wang, Jun Guan, Shijie Sun, Denise Barbut, Max Harry Weil. Rapid brain cooling during cardiopulmonary resuscitation followed by systemic therapeutic hypothermia reduces myocardial damage in a porcine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation. Society of Critical Care Medicine Meeting, Honolulu, HI; Poster presentation (2008). (PDF)

Manuel C. Boller, Joshua Lampe, Lance B. Becker, Denise Barbut. Feasibility of selective brain cooling during cardiac arrest: a novel nasopharyngeal approach. American Heart Association Meeting, Orlando, FL; Poster presentation (2007). (PDF)

Jun Guan, Wanchun Tang, Hao Wang, Min-Shan Tsai, Yongqin Li, Shijie Sun, Denise Barbut, Max H. Weil. Rapid Induction Of Head Cooling By The Intranasal Route During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Improves Survival and Neurological Outcomes. American Heart Association Meeting, Orlando, FL; Oral presentation (2007). (PDF)

Min-Shan Tsai, Wanchun Tang, Hao Wang, Jun Guan, Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil, Denise Barbut. Rapid Intranasal Cooling Initiated Coincident with CPR Improves Success of Defibrillation and Post-Resuscitation Myocardial Function in a Porcine Model of Prolonged Cardiac Arrest. American Heart Association Meeting, Orlando, FL; Poster presentation (2007). (PDF)

Wolfson M.R., Malone D.J., Wu J., Hoffman J., Rozenberg A., Shaffer T.H., Barbut D. A novel approach for inducing selective brain hypothermia. 2006 Hot Topics in Neonatology Meeting, Washington, DC; Poster presentation (4 Dec 2006).

Wolfson M.R., Malone D.J., Wu J., Hoffman J., Rozenberg A., Shaffer T.H., Barbut D. Perfluorochemical (PFC) nasopharyngeal cooling induces selective brain hypothermia. 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, San Francisco, CA; Poster presentation (1 May 2006).