Are new resuscitation guidelines better? Experience of an Asian Metropolitan Hospital

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 569-575

  Hung, Shih Wen ^a,b   Chen, Chien Chih ^c   Shih, Hsin Chin ^b,d   Huang, Chang Feng ^a   Chen, Kuo Chih ^a   Chong, Chee Fah ^a,e   Wang, Tzong Luen ^a,e  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KEELUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Outcome; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77956071130     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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