Association between population density and reported incidence, characteristics and outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Sweden

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1307-1313

  Stromsoe A ^a,b   Svensson, L ^c   Claesson, A ^d   Lindkvist, J ^b   Lundstrom A ^e   Herlitz, J ^b,f  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Kungalv Ambulance Service   (Sweden)

^e Lerum Ambulance Service   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Characteristics; Population density; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 80052962826     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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