A pilot study examining the severity and outcome of the post-cardiac arrest syndrome: A comparative analysis of two geographically distinct hospitals

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1478-1483

  Donnino, Michael W ^a,b   Miller, Joseph C ^a,f   Bivens, Matthew ^a   Cocchi, Michael N ^a,c   Salciccioli, Justin D ^a   Farris, Sarah ^g   Gautam, Shiva ^d   Cutlip, Donald ^e   Howell, Michael ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Critical Care   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesia Critical Care ^*  (United States)

^d Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; out of hospital cardiac arrest; severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866518414     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.067256     Document Type: Article

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