Outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by basic vs advanced life support

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-204

  Sanghavi, Prachi ^a   Jena, Anupam B ^b   Newhouse, Joseph P ^c,d   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^e,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURVIVAL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922233739     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5420     Document Type: Article

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