Outcomes of basic versus advanced life support for out-of-hospital medical emergencies

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 681-690

  Sanghavi, Prachi ^a   Jena, Anupam B ^b   Newhouse, Joseph P ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STANDARDS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPENSITY SCORE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84946111043     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0557     Document Type: Article

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