Incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture

International Heart Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-500

  Shiraki, Teruo ^a   Osawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Hideyuki ^a   Yoshida, Masatoki ^a   Takahashi, Natsuki ^a   Takeuchi, Kazufumi ^a   Tanakaya, Machiko ^a   Kohno, Kunihisa ^a   Saito, Daiji ^a  

^a IWAKUNI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349264296     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.50.489     Document Type: Article

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