Outcome of cardiac arrests attended by emergency medical services staff at community outpatient dialysis centers

Kidney International

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 933-939

  Davis, T R ^a   Young, B A ^a,c   Eisenberg, M S ^a,b   Rea, T D ^a,b   Copass, M K ^a   Cobb, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Dialysis; Emergency medical service; ESRD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; DEFIBRILLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR;

EID: 41449099963     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002749     Document Type: Article

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