Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Denver, Colorado: Epidemiology and outcomes

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-398

  Haukoos, Jason S ^a,b,c   Witt, Gary ^a   Gravitz, Craig ^a   Dean, Julianne ^a   Jackson, David M ^a,c   Candlin, Thomas ^d   Vellman, Peter ^d   Riccio, John ^e   Heard, Kennon ^c,f   Kazutomi, Tom ^a,g   Luyten, Dylan ^h   Pineda, Gilbert ^i,j   Gunter, Jeff ^k   Biltoft, Jennifer ^l   Colwell, Christopher ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d St Anthony Central Hospital   (United States)

^e Porter Adventist Hospital   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g ROSE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Medical Center of Aurora   (United States)

^j PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k Lutheran Medical Center   (United States)

^l Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Epidemiology; Incidence; Neurologic survival; Prehospital; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77951068488     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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