Temporal variation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in an equatorial climate

Open Access Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 37-43

  Ong, Marcus E H ^a   Ng, Faith S P ^b   Yap, Susan ^a   Yong, Kok Leong ^a   Peberdy, Mary A ^c   Ornato, Joseph P ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Circadian pattern; Seasonal pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 78649296150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/oaem.s9266     Document Type: Article

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