Changes in demographic factors and mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Sweden

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-57

  Herlitz, Johan ^a   Engdahl, Johan ^a   Svensson, Leif ^b   Young, Marie ^c   Ängquist, Karl Axel ^d   Holmberg, Stig ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 14044261299     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200502000-00010     Document Type: Article

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