Requirement for a structured algorithm in cardiac arrest following major trauma: Epidemiology, management errors, and preventability of traumatic deaths in Berlin

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 405-410

  Kleber, C ^a   Giesecke, M T ^a   Lindner, T ^a   Haas, N P ^a   Buschmann, C T ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Management errors; Preventability; Survival; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BERLIN; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84893910874     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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