Survival after cardiac arrest outside hospital in Sweden

Resuscitation

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Holmberg, Mikael ^a   Holmberg, Stig ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a   Gårdelöv, Bror ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Outside hospital; Survival; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN;

AGED; AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031950794     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(97)00089-0     Document Type: Article

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