Difference in survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest between the two largest cities in Sweden: A matter of time?

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-254

  Hollenberg, Jacob ^a   Bang A ^b   Lindqvist, J ^b   Herlitz, J ^b   Nordlander, R ^a   Svensson, L ^a   Rosenqvist, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; WITNESS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 14844303490     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2004.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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