Management and health status in the first year after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 280-286

  Batin, P D ^b   Bannister, J ^c   Ryder, M ^c   Mackintosh, A F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOLOGY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030922632     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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