Comparison of Helsinki and European Resuscitation Council "do not attempt to resuscitate" guidelines, and a termination of resuscitation clinical prediction rule for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients found in asystole or pulseless electrical activity

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 679-684

  Skrifvars, M B ^a   Vayrynen, T ^b   Kuisma, M ^b   Castren, M ^c   Parr, M J ^a   Silfverstople, J ^d   Svensson, L ^e   Jonsson, L ^e   Herlitz, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Emergency Medical Services   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asystole; Do not resuscitate orders; Out of hospital CPR; Pulseless electrical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77952891357     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.033     Document Type: Article

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