Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in South Asian and white populations in London: Database evaluation of characteristics and outcome

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-29

  Shah, A S ^a   Bhopal, R ^b   Gadd, S ^c   Donohoe, R ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 75349096835     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.170183     Document Type: Article

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