Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 244-252 , September 2008

Cardiocerebral Resuscitation Improves Neurologically Intact Survival of Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Presented at the 2007 American Heart Association meeting, November 2007, Orlando, FL.

  • Michael J. Kellum, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Emergency Medicine at Mercy Health System, Janesville, WI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Michael J. Kellum, MD, W9675 Homburg Ln, Whitewater, WI 53190; 262-949-2270, fax 262-245-2303
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  • Kevin W. Kennedy, MS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Emergency Medicine at Mercy Health System, Janesville, WI
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  • Richard Barney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit, WI
    • ,
  • Franz A. Keilhauer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Emergency Medicine at Mercy Health System, Janesville, WI
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  • Michael Bellino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn, WI
    • ,
  • Mathias Zuercher, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
    • University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Gordon A. Ewy, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ

Received 4 October 2007 ,Revised 10 December 2007 ,Accepted 7 February 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPHAuthor contributions: MJK, KWK, RB, FAK, MB, and GAE participated in development of the out-of-hospital protocol. MJK and KWK were responsible for data collection. Training and supervision of participants was done by MJK, KWK, RB, FAK, and MB. MZ provided statistical analysis. MJK and GAE drafted the article, and all authors participated in its revisions. MJK had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. MJK takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.Publication dates: Available online March 28, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00486-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.02.006

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 244-252 , September 2008

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