Cause Analysis of Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the Elderly

Background: There have been many studies of the resuscitation of non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (NTOHCA) in elderly patients; however, these have tended to focus on the outcomes and predictors of survival rather than on the causes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the leadi...

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Main Authors: Ding-Kuo Chien, Wen-Han Chang, Shin-Han Tsai, Man-Roung Lin, Kuo-Song Chang, Yu-Jang Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2009-03-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959809700201