Long-Term Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest after Successful Early Defibrillation
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- 26 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 348 (26), 2626-2633
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa023053
Abstract
Mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation is high. Programs focusing on early defibrillation have improved the rate of survival to hospital discharge. We conducted a population-based analysis of the long-term outcome and quality of life of survivors.Keywords
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