Increase in survival and bystander CPR in out-of-hospital shockable arrhythmia: Bystander CPR and female gender are predictors of improved outcome. Experiences from Sweden in an 18-year perspective

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1391-1396

  Adielsson, Anna ^a   Hollenberg, Jacob ^b   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Lindqvist, Jonny ^a   Lundin, Stefan ^a   Silfverstolpe, Johan ^c   Svensson, Leif ^c   Herlitz, Johan ^a,d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAMBER   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSELESS VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 80051548162     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2011.222711     Document Type: Article

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