Progressing from initial non-shockable rhythms to a shockable rhythm is associated with improved outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-29

  Olasveengen, Theresa M ^a   Samdal, Martin ^b   Steen, Petter Andreas ^c   Wik, Lars ^a   Sunde, Kjetil ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advanced life support (ALS); Asystole; Heart arrest; Out of hospital CPR; Outcome; Pulseless electrical activity (PEA); Return of spontaneous circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RHYTHM; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; PULSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 57749195925     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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