Compression-only CPR or standard CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 434-442

  Svensson, Leif ^a   Bohm, Katarina ^a   Castrèn, Maaret ^a   Pettersson, Hans ^a   Engerström, Lars ^b   Herlitz, Johan ^c   Rosenqvist, Mårten ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SOS Alarm   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77955078131     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0908991     Document Type: Article

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