Tertiary centres have improved survival compared to other hospitals in the Copenhagen area after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-167

  Søholm, Helle ^a   Wachtell, Kristian ^b   Nielsen, Søren Loumann ^a   Bro Jeppesen, John ^a   Pedersen, Frants ^a   Wanscher, Michael ^a   Boesgaard, Søren ^a   Møller, Jacob Eifer ^a   Hassager, Christian ^a   Kjaergaard, Jesper ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Post resuscitation care; Resuscitation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84873459596     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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