Prospective use of a clinical decision rule to identify pulmonary embolism as likely cause of outpatient cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-64

  Courtney, D Mark ^a   Kline, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Pulmonary embolism; Pulseless electrical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 15744364452     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.07.018     Document Type: Article

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