Hospital characteristics are associated with patient outcomes following out- of-hospital cardiac arrest

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1489-1494

  Stub, Dion ^a,b,c   Smith, Karen ^c,d   Bray, Janet E ^c,d   Bernard, Stephen ^b,c,d   Duffy, Stephen J ^a,b   Kaye, David M ^a,b,c  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; BICARBONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; VICTORIA;

EID: 80052168100     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2011.226431     Document Type: Article

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