Scaling exponent predicts defibrillation success for out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1656-1661

  Callaway, Clifton W ^a   Sherman, Lawrence D ^a   Mosesso Jr , Vincent N ^a   Dietrich, Thomas J ^a   Holt, Eric ^a   Clarkson, M Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Electrocardiography; Fibrillation; Heart arrest; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0035957268     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.12.1656     Document Type: Article

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