Outcome from intensive care after cardiac arrest: Comparison between two patient samples treated in 1986-87 and 1999-2001 in Finnish ICUs

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Niskanen, M ^a,d   Reinikainen, M ^b   Kurola, J ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Hospital mortality; Intensive care; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846428412     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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