The New England journal of medicine
The most recent articles from:
N. Engl. J. Med.
-
Multicenter Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Advanced cardiac life support in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study tested the incremental effect on the rate of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of adding a program of advanced life support to a program of rapid defibrillation. ⋯ The addition of advanced-life-support interventions did not improve the rate of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a previously optimized emergency-medical-services system of rapid defibrillation. In order to save lives, health care planners should make cardiopulmonary resuscitation by citizens and rapid-defibrillation responses a priority for the resources of emergency-medical-services systems.
-
Comment Historical Article
Sins of omission--cancer research without informed consent.