Validation of a rule for termination of resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 478-487

  Morrison, Laurie J ^a,b,d,e   Visentin, Laura M ^a   Kiss, Alex ^b,e   Theriault, Rob ^c   Eby, Don ^f   Vermeulen, Marian ^b,e   Sherbino, Jonathan ^d   Verbeek, P Richard ^c,d  

^a Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program   (Canada)

^b Department of Research Design and Biostatistics ^*  (Canada)

^c Sunnybrook Osler Centre For Prehospital Care   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^f Owen Sound Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33746740150     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa052620     Document Type: Article

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