Increasing hospital volume is not associated with improved survival in out of hospital cardiac arrest of cardiac etiology

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 862-868

  Cudnik, Michael T ^a,g   Sasson, Comilla ^b,g   Rea, Thomas D ^c,g   Sayre, Michael R ^a,g   Zhang, Jianying ^d,g   Bobrow, Bentley J ^e,g   Spaite, Daniel W ^e,g   McNally, Bryan ^f,g   Denninghoff, Kurt ^e,g   Stolz, Uwe ^e,g   Levy, Mike ^h   Barger, Joseph ^h   Dunford, James V ^h   Sporer, Karl ^h   Salvucci, Angelo ^h   Ross, David ^h   Colwell, Christopher ^h   Turnbull, Dorothy ^h   Rosenbaum, Rob ^h   Schrank, Kathleen ^h   Waterman, Mark ^h   Dukes, Richard ^h   Lewis, Melissa ^h   Fowler, Raymond ^h   Lloyd, John ^h,h   Yancey, Art ^h   Grubbs, Earl ^h   Morris, Johnathan ^h   Boyle, Stephen ^h   Johnson, Troy ^h   Wizner, Christopher ^h   White, Melissa ^h   Braithwaite, Sabina ^h   Dyer, Sophia ^h   Setnik, Gary ^h   Hassett, Bob ^h   Santor, John ^h   Swor, Bob ^h   Chassee, Todd ^h   Lick, Charlie ^h   Parrish, Mike ^h   Radde, Darel ^h   Mahoney, Brian ^h   Todd, Darell ^h   Salomone, Joseph ^h   Ossman, Eric ^h   Myers, Brent ^h   Garvey, Lee ^h   Camerson, James ^h   Slattery, David ^h   Ryan, Joseph ^h   McMullan, Jason ^h   Keseg, David ^h   Leaming, James ^h   Sherwood, B K ^h   Luther, Jeff ^h   Slovis, Corey ^h   Hinchey, Paul ^h   Harrington, Michael ^h   Griswell, John ^h   Beeson, Jeff ^h   Persse, David ^h   Gamber, Mark ^h   Ornato, Joe ^h   more..

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CARES Surveillance Group   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84862777785     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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