Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 524-529 , May 2010

Receiving hospital characteristics associated with survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

  • Clifton W. Callaway

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine, 3600 Forbes Ave #400A, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States. Tel.: +1 412 647 9047; fax: +1 412 647 6999.
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  • Robert Schmicker

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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  • Mitch Kampmeyer

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Judy Powell

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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  • Tom D. Rea

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
    • ,
  • Mohamud R. Daya

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States
    • ,
  • Thomas P. Aufderheide

      Affiliations

    • Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
    • ,
  • Daniel P. Davis

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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  • Jon C. Rittenberger

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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  • Ahamed H. Idris

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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  • Graham Nichol

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
    • ,
  • The Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Investigators

Received 14 October 2009 ,Revised 30 November 2009 ,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.006.

☆☆ A preliminary version of these data was presented at the Resuscitation Science Symposium, New Orleans, LA, November 5, 2008, and appear in abstract form in the proceedings.37.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00635-2

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.006

Resuscitation
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