Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 239-247 , August 2009

Validation of 3 Termination of Resuscitation Criteria for Good Neurologic Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

  • Michael L. Ruygrok, BA

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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  • Richard L. Byyny, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
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  • Jason S. Haukoos, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
    • Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Jason S. Haukoos, MD, MSc, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Mail Code 0108, Denver, CO 80204; 303-436-7141, fax 303-436-7541
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  • Colorado Cardiac Arrest & Resuscitation Collaborative Study Group and the Denver Metro EMS Medical Directors

      Affiliations

    • All members are listed in the Appendix.

Received 5 August 2008 ,Revised 3 November 2008 ,Accepted 12 November 2008.

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 Supervising editors: Amy H. Kaji, MD, MPH, PhD; Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Author contributions: MLR and JSH conceived and designed the study. JSH supervised data collection and management. JSH performed statistical analyses and all authors performed critical interpretation of the results. MLR drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed substantively to its revision. JSH takes responsibility for the article 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. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported in part by a Summer Research Training Grant from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (Ruygrok) and an Independent Scientist Award (K02 HS017526) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Haukoos).

 Publication date: Available online January 21, 2009.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)02022-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.012

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 239-247 , August 2009

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