Cardiac Arrests in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Continuing Room for Improvement?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 350-354

  Shah, Manish N ^a   Fairbanks, Rollin J ^a   Lerner, E Brooke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; resuscitation; skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33745839827     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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