Descriptive analysis of the in-hospital course of patients who initially survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest but die in-hospital

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-22

  Miller, Wendi ^b   Levy, Phillip ^c   Lamba, Sangeeta ^a   Zalenski, Robert Joseph ^c   Compton, Scott ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74549146700     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0248     Document Type: Article

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