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Does the presence or absence of sonographically identified cardiac activity predict resuscitation outcomes of cardiac arrest patients?

Presented at the ACEP Scientific Assembly in Boston, MA, October 2003.

Philip Salen
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  • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Lukes Hospital, St. Lukes Hospital EM Residency, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA

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Philip Salen
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  • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Lukes Hospital, St. Lukes Hospital EM Residency, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA

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Larry Melniker
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  • Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, NY 11215, USA
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Carolyn Chooljian
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Carolyn Chooljian
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  • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, UCSF Fresno, Emergency Medicine Residency, University Medical Center, Fresno, CA 93727, USA
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John S. Rose
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  • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Janet Alteveer
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Janet Alteveer
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  • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ
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James Reed
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James Reed
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  • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Lukes Hospital, St. Lukes Hospital EM Residency, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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Michael Heller
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2004.11.007

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