Regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1423-1431

  Nichol, Graham ^a,b   Thomas, Elizabeth ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^d   Hedges, Jerris ^e   Powell, Judy L ^a   Aufderheide, Tom P ^f   Rea, Tom ^c   Lowe, Robert ^e   Brown, Todd ^g   Dreyer, John ^h   Davis, Dan ⁱ   Idris, Ahamed ^j   Stiell, Ian ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 52449090787     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.12.1423     Document Type: Article

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