International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 67-71 , June 2008

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest in the Elderly

  • Yu-Jang Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yu-Jang Su, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 10449, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Chun Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chang-Chih Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Han Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 31 January 2008.

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PII: S1873-9598(08)70013-9

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(08)70013-9

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 67-71 , June 2008

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