Factors influencing the occurrence of cardiopulmonary arrest in the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):569-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.127. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Authors

Kiyotaka Hao¹, Jun Takahashi¹, Tatsuo Aoki¹, Satoshi Miyata¹, Kenta Ito¹, Yasuhiko Sakata¹, Hiroaki Shimokawa²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25194865
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.127

No abstract available

Keywords: Age; Cardiopulmonary arrest; Earthquake; Sex difference.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Disasters*
Earthquakes*
Female
Heart Arrest / diagnosis*
Heart Arrest / epidemiology*
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged