Outcomes of a hospital-wide plan to improve care of comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.

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Published in Resuscitation on November 01, 2008

Authors

Jon C Rittenberger1, Francis X Guyette, Samuel A Tisherman, Michael A DeVita, Rene J Alvarez, Clifton W Callaway

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, United States. rittenbergerjc@upmc.edu

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