Clinical variables associated with mortality in out-of-hospital patients with hemodynamically significant bradycardia

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 656-661

  Schwartz, Brian ^a,b   Vermeulen, Marian J ^a   Idestrup, Chris ^c   Datta, Partha ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cardiac life support; Bradycardia; Emergency medical services; Hypotension; Resuscitation; Shock

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 2942620891     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.12.023     Document Type: Article

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