High survival rate of 43% in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in an optimised chain of survival

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-25

  Boyce, L W ^a   Vliet Vlieland, T P M ^a,b   Bosch, J ^c   Wolterbeek, R ^b   Volker, G ^a   van Exel, H J ^a,b   Heringhaus, C ^b   Schalij, M J ^b   Goossens, P H ^a  

^a Rijnlands Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service Hollands Midden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY CARE UNIT; EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84918820663     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-014-0617-x     Document Type: Article

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