Predictive performance of universal termination of resuscitation rules in an Asian community: Are they accurate enough?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 318-323

  Chiang, Wen Chu ^a,b   Ko, Patrick Chow In ^a,b   Chang, Anna Marie ^c   Liu, Sot Shih Hung ^a   Wang, Hui Chih ^a   Yang, Chih Wei ^a,b   Hsieh, Ming Ju ^a,b   Chen, Shey Ying ^a,b   Lai, Mei Shu ^b   Ma, Matthew Huei Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVOR; TAIWAN; TERMINATION OF RESUSCITATION; VALIDATION STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; STANDARDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84925594976     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203289     Document Type: Article

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