Cardiac resuscitation - When is enough enough?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 510-512

  Ewy, Gordon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 33746681292     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068090     Document Type: Editorial

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