Manual vs device-assisted CPR: Reconciling apparently contradictory results

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2661-2664

  Lewis, Roger J ^a   Niemann, James T ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOAD DISTRIBTING BAND MECHANICAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745114207     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.22.2661     Document Type: Editorial

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