Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 8 , Pages 956-961, August 2010

Incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation: Data from a large population-based cohort☆

  • Tomohiko Sakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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  • Taku Iwami

      Affiliations

    • Kyoto University Health Service, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 75 753 2401; fax: +81 75 753 2424.
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  • Osamu Tasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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  • Takashi Kawamura

      Affiliations

    • Kyoto University Health Service, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Yasuyuki Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • Senri Critical Care Medical Center, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, 1-1-6 Tsukumodai, Suita City, Osaka 565-0862, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Rinka

      Affiliations

    • Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojima Hondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka 534-0021, Japan
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  • Yasuo Ohishi

      Affiliations

    • Osaka Mishima Emergency Critical Care Center, 11-1 Minami-Akutagawa-cho, Takatsuki City, Osaka 569-1124, Japan
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  • Tomoyoshi Mohri

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care and Trauma Center, Osaka General Medical Center, 3-1-56 Mandai-Higashi, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka 558-8558, Japan
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  • Masafumi Kishimoto

      Affiliations

    • Osaka Prefectural Nakakawachi Medical Center of Acute Medicine, 3-4-13 Nishi-Iwata, Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka 578-0947, Japan
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  • Tatsuya Nishiuchi

      Affiliations

    • Osaka Prefectural Senshu Critical Care Medical Center, 2-24 Rinku-Ourai Kita, Izumi-Sano City, Osaka 598-0048, Japan
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  • Kentaro Kajino

      Affiliations

    • Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Osaka Police Hospital, 10-31 Kitayama-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka City, Osaka 543-0035, Japan
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  • Hisatake Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Traumatology and Critical Care Medical Center, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hohenzaka, Chuo-ku Osaka City, Osaka 540-0006, Japan
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  • Toshifumi Uejima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama City, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
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  • Masahiko Nitta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki City, Osaka 569-8686, Japan
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  • Chizuka Shiokawa

      Affiliations

    • Osaka Prefectural Council of Emergency Care Facilities, 4-11 Rokumantai-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka City, Osaka 543-0074, Japan
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  • Hisashi Ikeuchi

      Affiliations

    • National Defense Medical College Hospital, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa City, Saitama 359-8513, Japan
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  • Atsushi Hiraide

      Affiliations

    • Center for Medical Education, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Hisashi Sugimoto

      Affiliations

    • Hoshigaoka Koseinenkin Hospital, 4-8-1 Hoshigaoka, Hirakata City, Osaka 573-8511, Japan
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  • Yasuyuki Kuwagata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Received 25 January 2010; received in revised form 27 March 2010; accepted 14 April 2010. published online 31 May 2010.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.015.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00243-1

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.015

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 8 , Pages 956-961, August 2010

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