Simplifying the diagnosis and management of pulseless electrical activity in adults: A qualitative review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 391-396

  Desbiens, Norman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cardiac life support; Cardiac arrest; Diagnosis; Electromechanical dissociation; Pulseless electrical activity; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCUMENTATION; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 38549162064     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318161f504     Document Type: Article

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