Ventricular Fibrillation in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 525-529

  Smith, Brian T ^a   Rea, Tom D ^a   Eisenberg, Mickey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

automated external defibrillator; cardiac arrest; emergency medical technician; pediatric; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33746384156     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.12.019     Document Type: Article

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