Nicosia general hospital cardiac arrest team: First year's practice and outcomes of in-hospital resuscitation

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-268

  Eftychiou, Christos ^a   Georgiou, Marios ^a   Andreou, Andreas ^a   Michaelides, Andreas ^a   Yiangou, Kyriakos ^a   Deligeorgis, Alexandros ^a   Petrou, Petros ^a   Georgiou, Panayiota ^a   Christodoulides, Theodoros ^a   Makri, Loukia ^b   Georgiou, Evanthia ^a   Patsia, Thalia ^a   Nicolaides, Evagoras ^a   Minas, Michalis ^a  

^a NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^b Veterinary Services of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiac arrest team; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TEAMWORK;

AGED; CYPRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAGE;

EID: 67749135827     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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