The impact of prolonged boarding of successfully resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients on survival-to-discharge rates

Resuscitation

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-29

  Cha, Won Chul ^a,d   Cho, Jin Seong ^b,d   Shin, Sang Do ^c,d   Lee, Eui Jung ^c,d   Ro, Young Sun ^d,e  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crowding; Fatal outcome; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Time to treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SOUTH KOREA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84927732029     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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