Paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: Epidemiology and outcome

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 289-296

  Tham, Lai Peng ^a   Chan, I ^b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Paediatrics ^*

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical service; Paediatric cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 19944376185     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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