Regional Variation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Outcome

Abstract

In this study involving 10 geographic regions in North America, there were significant and important regional differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome.

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MedicineVentricular fibrillationInterquartile rangeDefibrillationVentricular tachycardiaPopulationIncidence (geometry)Cardiopulmonary resuscitationResuscitationCase fatality rateEmergency medicineInternal medicineCardiologyEpidemiology

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 300
Issue: 12
Pages: 1423-1423
Citations: 1927
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                                    Graham Nichol, 
                                
                                    E. Thomas, 
                                
                                    Clifton W. Callaway
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Regional Variation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Outcome. 
                            JAMA
                            , 300
                            (12)
                            , 1423-1423.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.300.12.1423
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.12.1423