The inability of physicians to predict the outcome of in-hospital resuscitation

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-22

  Ebell, Mark H ^a   Bergus, George R ^c   Warbasse, Lawrence ^b   Bloomer, Roger ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; prediction; receiver operating characteristic curve; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030050016     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02603480     Document Type: Article

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