Termination of resuscitation: A guide to interpreting the literature

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-390

  Morrison, Laurie J ^a,b,c   Bigham, Blair L ^a,b   Kiss, Alex ^d   Verbeek, P Richard ^b,e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^e Sunnybrook Osler Centre For Prehospital Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Medical ethics; Paramedic; Resuscitation orders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 56949087879     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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2. Morrison L.J., Verbeek P.R., Vermeulen M.J., et al. Derivation and evaluation of a termination of resuscitation clinical prediction rule for advanced life support providers. Resuscitation 74 2 (2007) 266-275
3. Morrison L.J., Visentin L.M., Kiss A., et al. Investigators TOR. Validation of a rule for termination of resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. New Eng J Med 355 5 (2006) 478-487 see comment
4. Verbeek P.R., Vermeulen M.J., Ali F.H., Messenger D.W., Summers J., and Morrison L.J. Derivation of a termination-of-resuscitation guideline for emergency medical technicians using automated external defibrillators. Acad Emerg Med 9 7 (2002) 671-678 [see comment]
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