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Prehospital-Initiated vs Hospital-Initiated Thrombolytic Therapy: The Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention Trial by Weaver, W. Douglas, Cerqueira, Manuel, Hallstrom, Alfred P, Litwin, Paul E, Martin, Jenny S, Kudenchuk, Peter J, Eisenberg, Mickey

“…Objective.—To determine the effect of prehospital-initiated vs hospital-initiated treatment of myocardial infarction on clinical outcome.Design.—Randomized,…”
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Delay between onset of chest pain and seeking medical care: the effect of public education by Ho, M T, Eisenberg, M S, Litwin, P E, Schaeffer, S M, Damon, S K

“…Thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is now routinely given in the emergency department and is being considered for pre-hospital care…”
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Accuracy of computer-interpreted electrocardiography in selecting patients for thrombolytic therapy by Kudenchuk, Peter J., Ho, Mary T., Weaver, W.Douglas, Litwin, Paul E., Martin, Jenny S., Eisenberg, Mickey S., Hallstrom, Alfred P., Cobb, Leonard A., Kennedy, J.Ward

“…A prehospital computer-interpreted electrocardiogram (ECG) was obtained in 1,189 patients with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin during an ongoing trial…”
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An electrocardiographic acuteness score for quantifying the timing of a myocardial infarction to guide decisions regarding reperfusion therapy by Wilkins, Michelle L., Pryor, Aurora D., Maynard, Charles, Wagner, Nancy B., Elias, William J., Litwin, Paul E., Pahlm, Olle, Selvester, Ronald H., Weaver, W. Douglas, Wagner, Galen S., Anderson, Stanley T.

“…The method of determining the acuteness score presented in the present study is suggested for use in automated electrocardiographic analysis systems. A…”
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The location of collapse and its effect on survival from cardiac arrest by Litwin, P E, Eisenberg, M S, Hallstrom, A P, Cummins, R O

“…Survival from cardiac arrest is higher when the collapse occurs outside the home. Of 781 patients collapsing at home, 101 (13%) survived to hospital discharge…”
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Hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction in the era of reperfusion therapy (the myocardial infarction triage and intervention project) by Maynard, Charles, Douglas Weaver, W., Litwin, Paul E., Martin, Jenny S., Kudenchuk, Peter J., Dewhurst, Timothy A., Eisenberg, Mickey S., Hallstrom, Alfred P., Chambers, Joseph, MITI Project Investigators

“…This study was conducted in 19 hospitals in the metropolitan Seattle area and included 6,270 unselected patients who had acute myocardial infarction (AMI)…”
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Outcomes in African-American women with suspected acute myocardial infarction: the myocardial infarction triage and intervention project by MAYNARD, C, EVERY, N. R, LITWIN, P. E, MARTIN, J. S, DOUGLAS WEAVER, W

“…Increasing attention has been given to the investigation of cardiovascular disease in women, although African-American women have received little attention…”
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The Association between On-Site Cardiac Catheterization Facilities and the Use of Coronary Angiography after Acute Myocardial Infarction by Every, Nathan R, Larson, Eric B, Litwin, Paul E, Maynard, Charles, Fihn, Stephan D, Eisenberg, Mickey S, Hallstrom, Alfred P, Martin, Jenny S, Weaver, W. Douglas

“…Performing coronary angiography after acute myocardial infarction can be useful in obtaining prognostic information 1 , 2 as well as details of the coronary…”
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Myocardial infarction, thrombolytic therapy, and stroke. A community-based study. The MITI Project Group by Longstreth, Jr, W T, Litwin, P E, Weaver, W D

“…Thrombolytic therapy used in patients with acute myocardial infarction may increase the risk of stroke. Scant information is available from community-based…”
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Ventilation skills of emergency medical technicians: A teaching challenge for emergency medicine by Cummins, R O, Austin, D, Graves, J R, Litwin, P E, Pierce, J

“…We assessed the ability of 64 emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to ventilate a resuscitation manikin with a bag valve mask and with a pocket face mask to…”
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Training lay persons to use automatic external defibrillators: success of initial training and one-year retention of skills by Cummins, R O, Schubach, J A, Litwin, P E, Hearne, T R

“…This study was conducted to determine the feasibility of recruitment of lay persons to use automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), the effectiveness of their…”
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Sudden cardiac arrest in Israel: factors associated with successful resuscitation by Eisenberg, M S, Hadas, E, Nuri, I, Applebaum, D, Roth, A, Litwin, P E, Hallstrom, A, Nagel, E

“…Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests were studied in Israel from 1984 to 1985. More than 3,500 patients in cardiac arrest received paramedic care. Eighty-three…”
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Influence of early prehospital thrombolysis on mortality and event-free survival (The Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention [MITI] Randomized Trial) by Brouwer, Marc A., Martin, Jenny S., Maynard, Charles, Wirkus, Mark, Litwin, Paul E., Verheugt, Freek W.A., Weaver, W.Douglas, The MITI Project Investigators

“…The Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention Trial of prehospital versus hospital administration of thrombolytic therapy markedly reduced hospital…”
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Effect of age on use of thrombolytic therapy and mortality in acute myocardial infarction by Weaver, W.Douglas, Litwin, Paul E., Martin, Jenny S., Kudenchuk, Peter J., Maynard, Charles, Eisenberg, Mickey S., Ho, Mary T., Cobb, Leonard A., Kennedy, J.Ward, Wirkus, Mark S.

“…The findings in 3,256 consecutive patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction were tabulated to assess the history, treatments and outcome in the…”
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Automatic External Defibrillators Used by Emergency Medical Technicians: A Controlled Clinical Trial by Cummins, Richard O, Eisenberg, Mickey S, Litwin, Paul E, Graves, Judith Reid, Hearne, Thomas R, Hallstrom, Alfred P

“…In a randomized controlled clinical trial, the effectiveness of emergency medical technician (EMT) use of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) was compared…”
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Use of direct angioplasty for treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction in hospitals with and without on-site cardiac surgery by WEAVER, W. D, LITWIN, P. E, MARTIN, J. S

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Myocardial infarction triage and intervention project—Phase I: Patient characteristics and feasibility of prehospital initiation of thrombolytic therapy by Weaver, W.Douglas, Eisenberg, Mickey S., Martin, Jenny S., Litwin, Paul E., Shaeffer, Sharon M., Ho, Mary T., Kudenchuk, Peter, Hallstrom, Alfred P., Cerqueira, Manuel D., Copass, Michael K., Kennedy, J.Ward, Cobb, Leonard A., Ritchie, James L.

“…Prehospital initiation of thrombolytic therapy by paramedics, if both feasible and safe, could considerably reduce the time to treatment and possibly decrease…”
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What is a "save"?: Outcome measures in clinical evaluations of automatic external defibrillators by Cummins, R O, Eisenberg, M S, Hallstrom, A P, Hearne, T R, Graves, J R, Litwin, P E

“…Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) represent an important technologic innovation in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We propose the…”
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In-flight Deaths During Commercial Air Travel: How Big Is the Problem? by Cummins, Richard O, Chapman, Peter J. C, Chamberlain, Douglas A, Schubach, Jessica A, Litwin, Paul E

“…Do passenger deaths occur during commercial air travel? If so, how often and from what causes? We reviewed information reported to the International Air…”
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Survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with early initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Cummins, R O, Eisenberg, M S, Hallstrom, A P, Litwin, P E

“…Records on 1,297 people with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, caused by heart disease and treated by both emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and…”
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