Outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in nursing homes: can we predict who will benefit?
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Summary
CPR should be initiated only in nursing home patients whose cardiac arrest is witnessed and should only be continued in patients whose initial documented cardiac rhythm is ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 1993-08-01
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 23
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Keywords
Medicine, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Ventricular fibrillation, Resuscitation, Internal medicine
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