Strong and weak aspects of an established post-resuscitation treatment protocol-A five-year observational study

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1186-1193

  Tømte, Øystein ^a,b   Andersen, Geir Øystein ^a,b   Jacobsen, Dag ^a   Drægni, Tomas ^a   Auestad, Bjørn ^c   Sunde, Kjetil ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial revascularization; Neurological injury; Post resuscitation period; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMATOSE PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961128696     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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