Epidemiology and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest according to suicide mechanism: a nationwide observation study

Objective Suicide remains a serious, preventable public health problem. This study aims to describe the epidemiological characteristics associated with various suicide methods and to investigate outcomes after suicide-associated sudden cardiac arrest (S-SCA), stratified by different suicide attempt...

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Main Authors: Soo Jin Kim, Sang Do Shin, Eui Jung Lee, Young Sun Ro, Kyoung Jun Song, Seung Chul Lee, CardioVascular Disease Surveillance (CAVAS) investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2015-06-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-15-013.pdf