Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the elderly: A large-scale population-based study

Resuscitation

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-32

  Libungan, Berglind ^a   Lindqvist, Jonny ^a   Strömsöe, Anneli ^b   Nordberg, Per ^c   Hollenberg, Jacob ^c   Albertsson, Per ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^d   Herlitz, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939140367     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.05.031     Document Type: Article

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