Incidence of rearrest after return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-418

  Salcido, David D ^a   Stephenson, Amanda M ^a   Condle, Joseph P ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^a   Menegazzi, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Emergency medical services; Rearrest; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 77956362997     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.497902     Document Type: Article

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