Propensity, prophecy, and perplexity: Does in-hospital extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation really make a difference?

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 786-787

  Kilbaugh, T J ^a   Srinivasan, V ^a   Berg, R A ^a   Nadkarni, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE;

EID: 77953704440     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.004     Document Type: Editorial

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