Validation of the Pittsburgh Cardiac Arrest Category illness severity score
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An early, novel illness severity score to predict outcome after cardiac arrest.
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عنوان ژورنال: Resuscitation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0300-9572
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.01.020