What is the quality of life for survivors of cardiac arrest? A prospective study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-102

  Nichol, Graham ^a,b   Stiell, Ian G ^a   Hebert, Paul ^a   Wells, George A ^a   Vandemheen, Kathy ^a   Laupacis, Andreas ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Heart arrest; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032993201     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01044.x     Document Type: Article

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