Withholding or termination of resuscitation in pediatric out-of-hospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

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Author keywords

Adolescent; Advanced life support; Basic life support; Blunt trauma; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Cardiorespiratory arrest; Children; Emergency medical services; Out of hospital termination of resuscitation; Out ofhospital cardiac arrest; Outcome; Resuscitative thoracotomy; Survival; Traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST; CHILDREN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL TERMINATION OF RESUSCITATION; OUTCOME; RESUSCITATIVE THORACOTOMY; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; THORACIC INJURIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84898724014     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0176     Document Type: Review

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