The changing incidence of ventricular fibrillation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1992-2002)

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-60

  Polentini, Mark S ^a   Pirrallo, Ronald G ^b,c   McGill, William ^b  

^a Emergency Physicians of West Allis Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Incidence; Predictors; Survival; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 31544458688     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120500366961     Document Type: Article

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