Sex disparity in resuscitation efforts and outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1810-1816

  Ahn, Ki Ok ^a   Shin, Sang Do ^b   Hwang, Seung Sik ^c  

^a Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869159755     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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