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Out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: is chest compression enough?

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boxed-textBohm K et al. (2007) Survival is similar after standard treatment and chest compression only in out-of-hospital bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Circulation 116: 2908–2912

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  1. University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724-5037, USA gaewy@aol.com

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  1. GA Ewy is Professor and Chief of Cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Director of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA.,

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