Prehospital cardiac arrest and the adverse effect of male gender, but not age, on outcome

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 667-673

  Vukmir, Rade B ^a   Stevenson, Peter ^a   Sanvito, Anthony ^a   Hertzog, Frank ^a   Hess, Bill ^a   Sellew, Mark ^a   Eglgi, Mark ^a   Natale, Dave ^a   Nicole, Doug ^a   Katz, Laurence ^a   Sullivan, Michael ^a   Peindl, Paul ^a   Ebmeyer, Uwe ^a   Bircher, Nicholas ^a   Paris, Paul ^a   Menegazzi, James ^a   Safar, Peter ^a   Nagan, J ^a   Withee, J ^a   Bowers, Charles ^a   Campbell, Joseph ^a   Reed, John ^a   Groft, William ^a   Bashor, Steve ^a   Dixon, James ^a   Pino, B J ^a   more..

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744224196     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154099903322404311     Document Type: Article

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