Measuring progress in resuscitation: It's time for a better tool

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2754-2756

  Ornato, Joseph P ^a   Peberdy, Mary Ann ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Editorials; Fibrillation; Registries; Resuscitation; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845867418     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.668095     Document Type: Editorial

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