Reduced survival following resuscitation in patients with documented clinically abnormal observations prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-222

  Skrifvars, Markus B ^a   Nurmi, Jouni ^a   Ikola, Kaisu ^b   Saarinen, Kari ^b   Castrén, Maaret ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; In hospital cardiac arrest; Medical emergency team; Utstein template

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING TIME;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33746875241     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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