Decrease in the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation as the initially observed arrhythmia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during 11 years in Sweden

Resuscitation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-290

  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

Arrhythmia; Arritmia; Cardiac arrest; Fibrilaci n ventricular; Fibrilha o ventricular; Paragem card aca; Paro card aco; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; WITNESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 1842608960     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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