Successful resuscitation of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients in the emergency department

Signa Vitae

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-26

  Chen, Shou Yen ^a   Wang, Shih Hao ^a,b   Weng, Yi Weng ^a   Chang, Yu Che ^a   Lin, Yu Jr ^c   Chang, Ko Chen ^a   Yu, Jiun Hao ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult out of hospital cardiac arrest; Hyper kalemia; In hospital phase; Leukocytosis; Return of spontaneous circulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOSE; HEART ENZYME; SODIUM;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79957595815     PISSN: 13345605     EISSN: 1845206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22514/SV61.052011.3     Document Type: Article

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