Resuscitation
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 40-45 , April 2007

Treatment and outcome in post-resuscitation care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest when a modern therapeutic approach was introduced

Received 19 May 2006 ,Revised 16 August 2006 ,Accepted 17 August 2006.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.08.018.

PII: S0300-9572(06)00562-4

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.08.018

Resuscitation
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 40-45 , April 2007

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