Post-resuscitation care at the emergency department with critical care facilities - a length-of-stay analysis

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 853-858

  Schober, Andreas ^a   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Locker, Gottfried J ^a   Heinz, Gottfried ^a   Fuhrmann, Valentin ^a   Sitzwohl, Christian ^a   Weiser, Christoph ^a   Wallmüller, Christian ^a   Stratil, Peter ^a   Stöckl, Mathias ^a   Holzer, Michael ^a   Losert, Heidrun ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cost; Emergency treatment; Intensive care; Outcome; Post resuscitation period; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUSTRIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957852567     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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