The association between age of hospitalized patients and the delivery of advanced cardiac life support

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 257-261

  Fried, Terri R ^a,b   Miller, Margaret A ^a   Stein, Michael D ^a   Wachtel, Tom J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced cardiac life support; age; hospitalized patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029920073     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02598264     Document Type: Article

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