Profile and outcome of sudden cardiac arrests in the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in South India
Author(s) -
GauthamRaja Pandian,
SumaMary Thampi,
Nilanchal Chakraborty,
Deepthi Kattula,
Paul PrabhakarAbhilash Kundavaram
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of emergencies trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.193348
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , tertiary care , medical emergency , emergency medicine , nursing
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is one of the common emergencies encountered in the emergency department (ED) of any hospital. Although several studies have reported the predictors of CPR outcome in general, there are limited data from the EDs in India.
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