Electrocardiographic evaluation of defibrillation shocks delivered to out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest patients

Resuscitation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-144

  Gliner, Bradford E ^a   White, Roger D ^b  

^a Suite 500 2401 Fourth Ave WA 98121   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Asystole; Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Resuscitation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0033158078     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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