Patient outcomes following defibrillation with a low energy biphasic truncated exponential waveform in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-14

  White, Roger D ^a,b   Hankins, Daniel G ^a   Atkinson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b City of Rochester Early Defibrillation Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Defibrillation; Electric countershock; Out of hospital CPR; Ventricular fibrillation; Witnessed cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0035035185     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00338-5     Document Type: Article

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