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Predicting survival in cardiac arrest patients admitted to intensive care using the Prognosis After Resuscitation score

Authors: R Porter, I Goodhart, A Temple

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Developed from meta-analysis in 1992, the Prognosis After Resuscitation (PAR) score consists of seven, relatively straight-forward to calculate, variables with scores greater than 5 predicting nonsurvival [1]. The aim of this evaluation was to assess PAR scoring as a means of predicting nonsurvival of post-cardiac arrest patients admitted to the general intensive care unit (ITU) at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (STH). …
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Metadata
Title
Predicting survival in cardiac arrest patients admitted to intensive care using the Prognosis After Resuscitation score
Authors
R Porter
I Goodhart
A Temple
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9719

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