Overcoming frustration about neutral clinical studies in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 723-725

  Kreutziger, Janett ^a   Wenzel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PLACEBO; STEROID; VASOPRESSIN;

CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAPSE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; ISCHEMIA; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS;

EID: 66649129890     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.04.028     Document Type: Editorial

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