Low chance of survival among patients requiring adrenaline (epinephrine) or intubation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Sweden

Resuscitation

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-45

  Holmberg, Mikael ^a   Holmberg, Stig ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036292011     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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