Resuscitation
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Variability in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest depending on the hospital level of care

  • M.B. Skrifvars

      Affiliations

    • Helsinki EMS, Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 112, FIN-00099 Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 40 5137862.
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  • M. Castrén

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 340, FIN-00029 HUS, Finland
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  • S. Aune

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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  • A.B. Thoren

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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  • J. Nurmi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 340, FIN-00029 HUS, Finland
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  • J. Herlitz

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Received 13 June 2006 ,Revised 17 August 2006 ,Accepted 23 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.2006.08.022.

PII: S0300-9572(06)00594-6

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.08.022

Resuscitation
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 73-81 , April 2007

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