Automatic external defibrillators: Lessons from the past, present and future

Resuscitation

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-223

  Varon, Joseph ^a,b   Sternbach, George L ^c   Marik, Paul E ^d   Fromm Jr , Robert E ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic external defibrillators; Cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HISTORY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032882018     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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