Pulseless electrical activity with witnessed arrest as a predictor of sudden death from massive pulmonary embolism in outpatients

Resuscitation

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-272

  Courtney, D Mark ^a   Sasser, Howell C ^a   Pincus, Cynthia L ^a   Kline, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiac arrest; Pulmonary embolism; Pulseless electrical activity; Sudden death; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULSE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034954067     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00374-9     Document Type: Article

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