Chest compressions before defibrillation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Meier, Pascal ^a,b   Baker, Paul ^c   Jost, Daniel ^d   Jacobs, Ian ^e   Henzi, Bettina ^f   Knapp, Guido ^g   Sasson, Comilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c South Australia Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^d Brigade de Sapeurs Pompiers Paris   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; META ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOVERSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TIME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956473480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-52     Document Type: Article

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