In-hospital resuscitation of the elderly: Characteristics and outcome

Resuscitation

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 372-376

  Elshove Bolk, Jolande ^a   Guttormsen, Anne Berit ^a,b   Austlid, Ivar ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Geriatric population; In hospital; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347393661     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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