Current termination of resuscitation (TOR) guidelines predict neurologically favorable outcome in Japan

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-59

  Kajino, Kentaro ^a   Kitamura, Tetsuhisa ^b   Iwami, Taku ^b   Daya, Mohamud ^c   Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^d   Hiraide, Atsushi ^e   Shimazu, Takeshi ^f   Kishi, Masashi ^a   Yamayoshi, Shigeru ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced Life Support (ALS); Basic life support (BLS); Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA); Positive predictive value (PPV); Specificity; Termination of resuscitation (TOR)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERMINATION OF RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84871375089     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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