Regionalization of postcardiac arrest care

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Bobrow, Bentley J ^a,b,c,e   Kern, Karl B ^c,d  

^a ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiocerebral resuscitation; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Postarrest care; Therapeutic hypothermia; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PATIENT; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONITORING; OUTPATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGIONALIZATION; RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STROKE; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARIZONA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; RESUSCITATION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 68049126079     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328329c293     Document Type: Review

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