Incidence of cardiac arrest: A neglected factor in evaluating survival rates

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 86-91

  Becker, Lance B ^a   Smith, David W ^b   Rhodes, Karin V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; survival

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NOMOGRAM; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0027464221     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)80257-4     Document Type: Article

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