Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in Athens: Data from a Greek public hospital
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Predictors of Survival From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Background—Prior studies have identified key predictors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but differences exist in the magnitude of these findings. In this meta-analysis, we evaluated the strength of associations between OHCA and key factors (event witnessed by a bystander or emergency medical services [EMS], provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR], initial cardiac rh...
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Background—Prior studies have identified key predictors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but differences exist in the magnitude of these findings. In this meta-analysis, we evaluated the strength of associations between OHCA and key factors (event witnessed by a bystander or emergency medical services [EMS], provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR], initial cardiac rh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Care Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2282-2054,1826-9826
DOI: 10.4081/ecj.2019.8249