Early antibiotics improve survival following out-of hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 616-619

  Davies, Keith J ^a   Walters, James H ^a   Kerslake, Ian M ^a   Greenwood, Rosemary ^a   Thomas, Matthew J C ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Pneumonia; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876744821     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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