Prevalence of sudden death and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in infants, children, and adolescents - What does it imply?

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2475-2476

  Yoshinaga, Masao ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CHILD; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84884663361     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-13-1062     Document Type: Editorial

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