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Focus on Cardiac Arrest

Developing Quality Indicators for the Appropriateness of Resuscitation in Prehospital Atraumatic Cardiac Arrest

Corita R. Grudzen Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
, MD,
Rebecca Liddicoat Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA
, MD, MPH,
Jerome R. Hoffman Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
, MD, MA,
William Koenig Emergency Medical Services, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA
, MD,
Karl A. Lorenz Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
, MD, MSHS &
Steven M. Asch Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
, MD, MPH
Pages 434-442 | Received 11 Dec 2006, Accepted 27 Apr 2007, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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