Subsequent ventricular fibrillation and survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests presenting with PEA or asystole

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-40

  Kajino, Kentaro ^a   Iwami, Taku ^b   Daya, Mohamud ^c   Nishiuchi, Tatsuya ^d   Hayashi, Yasuyuki ^e   Ikeuchi, Hisashi ^f   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^g   Shimazu, Takeshi ^h   Sugimoto, Hisashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^e SAISEIKAI SENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^g JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asystole; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Emergency medical services (EMS); Out of hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA); Pulseless electrical activity (PEA); Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC); Ventricular fibrillation (VF)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 51949096761     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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