American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 9 , Pages 1025-1031, November 2007

Characteristics of cardiac arrest and resuscitation by age group: an analysis from the Swedish Cardiac Arrest Registry☆

  • Johan Herlitz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 31 342 1000; fax: +46 31 827375.
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  • Leif Svensson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, South Hospital, 118 83 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Johan Engdahl, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Jan Gelberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Anesthesiology, Lund University Hospital, 221 85 Lund, Sweden
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  • Johan Silfverstolpe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medical Services, KAMBER, Regionhuset 222 40 Lund, Sweden
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  • Aase Wisten, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Sunderby Hospital, 971 80 Luleå, Sweden
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  • Karl-Axel Ängquist, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Department, Norrland's University Hospital, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden
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  • Stig Holmberg, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden

Received 13 February 2007; received in revised form 5 March 2007; accepted 5 March 2007.

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☆ This study was supported by grants from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Stockholm, Sweden).

PII: S0735-6757(07)00202-1

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2007.03.008

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 9 , Pages 1025-1031, November 2007

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