Stop Randomizing All Cardiac Arrests

Circulation

Volumn 134, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 2035-2036

  Weisfeldt, Myron L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; heart arrest; trials

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEART ARREST; HEART BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SINUS ARREST; SURVIVAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONVALESCENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85006791262     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025302     Document Type: Short Survey

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