Assessment of quality of life and cognitive function after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with successful resuscitation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-135

  Van Alem, Anouk P ^a,b   Waalewijn, Reinier A ^a   Koster, Rudolph W ^a   De Vos, Rien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0346962886     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.09.027     Document Type: Article

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