Electrocardiographic activity after terminal cardiac arrest in neurocatastrophes

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 673-674

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a,c   Diringer, Michael N ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEART BEAT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 1342288310     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.4.673     Document Type: Article

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