The Lazarus phenomenon-False positive death certifications and auto-resuscitation cases covered in lay press

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1363-1364

  Braun, Patrick ^a   Herff, Holger ^a   Paal, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTORESUSCITATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LAZARUS PHENOMENON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION;

DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 80052967550     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.06.021     Document Type: Letter

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