Survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests with initial asystole or pulseless electrical activity and subsequent shockable rhythms

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1261-1266

  Thomas, Andrew J ^a   Newgard, Craig D ^a,b   Fu, Rongwei ^a,b   Zive, Dana M ^a   Daya, Mohamud R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Non shockable rhythms; Out of hospital; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOCKABLE RHYTHM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; CANADA; CARDIOVERSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON-SHOCKABLE RHYTHMS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC ARREST; NON-SHOCKABLE RHYTHMS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882905923     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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