Cardiac arrest outside and inside hospital in a community. Mechanisms behind the differences in outcome and outcome in relation to time of arrest

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 749-756

  Fredriksson, Martin ^a   Aune, Solveig ^a   Bång, Angela ^b   Thorén, Ann Britt ^a   Lindqvist, Jonny ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN; THERAPY DELAY; TIME;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951603538     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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