Measuring what matters: CPR quality and resuscitation outcomes

Editorial

Mary Fran Hazinski. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;3(6):e001557.

doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001557.

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Comment on

Age, sex, and hospital factors are associated with the duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in hospitalized patients who do not experience sustained return of spontaneous circulation.
Khan AM, Kirkpatrick JN, Yang L, Groeneveld PW, Nadkarni VM, Merchant RM; American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation (GWTG-R) Investigators. Khan AM, et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Dec;3(6):e001044. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001044. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014. PMID: 25520328 Free PMC article.

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