In-hospital use of automated external defibrillators does not improve survival

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-212

  Dwyer, Trudy A ^a   Dennett, Jenny ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Critical Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; In hospital arrest; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961035481     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2011.05.003     Document Type: Review

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