Mode of death after admission to an intensive care unit following cardiac arrest

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2126-2128

  Laver, Stephen ^a   Farrow, Catherine ^a   Turner, Duncan ^a   Nolan, Jerry ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Mode of death; Post resuscitation care

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRAIN INJURIES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 11144281876     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2425-z     Document Type: Review

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