Shortening of cardiopulmonary resuscitation time before the defibrillation worsens the outcome in out-of-hospital VF patients

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-474

  Hayakawa, Mineji ^a   Gando, Satoshi ^a   Okamoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Asai, Yasufumi ^b   Uegaki, Shinji ^c   Makise, Hiroshi ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 65449175658     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.043     Document Type: Article

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