Outcomes of a hospital-wide plan to improve care of comatose survivors of cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-204

  Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a   Tisherman, Samuel A ^a,b   DeVita, Michael A ^a   Alvarez, Rene J ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Heart arrest; Hypothermia; Resuscitation; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; COMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 54149109417     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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