Outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac or respiratory arrest in children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 1473-1479

  Schindler, Margrid B ^a,b   Bohn, Desmond ^a   Cox, Peter N ^a   Mccrindle, Brian W ^a   Jarvis, Anna ^a   Edmonds, John ^a   Barker, Geoffrey ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029962742     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199611143352001     Document Type: Article

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