Mortality in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients has decreased in the era of therapeutic hypothermia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-115

  Reinikainen, M ^a   Oksanen, T ^b   Leppanen P ^a   Torppa, T ^a   Niskanen, M ^c   Kurola, J ^c  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83555161524     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02543.x     Document Type: Article

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