Factors affecting short- and long-term prognosis among 1069 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and pulseless electrical activity

Resuscitation

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-25

  Engdahl, Johan ^a   Bång, Angela ^a   Lindqvist, Jonny ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Outcome; PEA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036027492     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00377-X     Document Type: Article

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