Multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of 150-J biphasic shocks compared with 200- to 360-J monophasic shocks in the resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1780-1787

  Schneider, Thomas ^a   Martens, Patrick R ^b   Paschen, Hans ^c   Kuisma, Markku ^d   Wolcke, Benno ^a,i   Gliner, Bradford E ^e   Russell, James K ^e   Weaver, W Douglas ^f   Bossaert, Leo ^g   Chamberlain, Douglas ^h  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^c Feuerwehr Hamburg   (Germany)

^d Helsinki City EMS   (Finland)

^e Agilent Technologies Heartstream Operation   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Heart arrest; Heart arrest device; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034633848     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.15.1780     Document Type: Article

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