Prehospital termination of resuscitation in cases of refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1432-1438

  Sasson, Comilla ^a,b,f   Hegg, A J ^c   Macy, Michelle ^a   Park, Allison ^d   Kellermann, Arthur ^e   McNally, Bryan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SPC 5604   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 52449134609     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.12.1432     Document Type: Article

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