Very high survival among patients defibrillated at an early stage after in-hospital ventricular fibrillation on wards with and without monitoring facilities

Resuscitation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Herlitz, Johan ^a   Aune, Soveig ^a   Bång, Angela ^a   Fredriksson, Martin ^a   Thorén, Ann Britt ^a   Ekström, Lars ^a   Holmberg, Stig ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Delay; In hospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 22744443021     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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