What Are the Etiology and Epidemiology of Out-of-hospital Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Ontario, Canada?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 653-658

  Gerein, Richard Bradley ^a   Osmond, Martin H ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a   Nesbitt, Lisa P ^a   Burns, Starla ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary arrest; children; emergency medical services; etiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CANADA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAREGIVERS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ONTARIO; PEDIATRICS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33746442967     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.12.025     Document Type: Article

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