Aspects on the increase in bystander CPR in Sweden and its association with outcome

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-333

  Nordberg, P ^a   Hollenberg, J ^a   Herlitz, J ^b   Rosenqvist, M ^a   Svensson, L ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 59649123140     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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