Hospital variability of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-346

  Liu, J Marc ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Pirrallo, Ronald G ^a   Klein, John P ^a   Aufderheide, Tom P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Heart arrest; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 46349084488     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802101330     Document Type: Article

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