The epidemiology of cardiac arrests in a Sydney hospital

Resuscitation

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-62

  Weerasinghe, Daminda P ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^b   Rubin, George L ^c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrests; Epidemiology; Sydney

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036226946     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00501-9     Document Type: Article

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