Long-term changes in the incidence of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 825-829

  Väyrynen, Taneli ^a   Boyd, James ^a   Sorsa, Marko ^b   Määttä, Teuvo ^a   Kuisma, Markku ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Helsinki City Rescue Department   (Finland)

Author keywords

Incidence; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUT OF HOSPITAL VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79957800957     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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