Characteristics and outcome among patients suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to drowning

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-387

  Claesson, Andreas ^a   Svensson, Leif ^b   Silfverstolpe, Johan ^c   Herlitz, Johan ^d  

^a Kungalv Ambulance Service   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAMBER   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Drowning; Lifesaving; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 38849089966     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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