Cardiopulmonary resuscitation by chest compression alone or with mouth- to-mouth ventilation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 1546-1553

  Hallstrom, Alfred ^a,b   Cobb, Leonard ^a   Johnson, Elise ^a   Copass, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034713353     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200005253422101     Document Type: Article

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