Survival rates for adult trauma patients who require cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-265

  Alanezi, Khaled ^a   Alanzi, Farhan ^a   Faidi, Samir ^a   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Cadeddu, Margeritta ^a   Baillie, Frank ^a   Bowser, Daniel ^a   McCallum, Andy ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Mortality; Survival; Trauma outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; STAB WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 18244403487     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009234     Document Type: Article

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