CPR-only survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Implications for out-of-hospital care and cardiac arrest research methodology

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 602-608

  De Maio, Valerie J ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a,b,c   Spaite, Daniel W ^d,e   Ward, Roxanne E ^a   Lyver, Marion B ^c   Field, Brian J ^f,g   Munkley, Douglas P ^h   Wells, George A ^a,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Emergencies Science Division   (Canada)

^c Department of Medicine ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Burlington   (Canada)

^g Sunnybrook Hospital   (Canada)

^h Niagara Regional Base Hospital Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0035022144     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.114302     Document Type: Article

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