Body weight is a predictor of biphasic shock success for low energy transthoracic defibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-287

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Clark, Craig B ^a   Davies, L Ray ^a   Karlsson, Gudjon ^a   Zimmerman, M Bridget ^a   Kerber, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Defibrillation; Transthoracic impedance; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; IMPEDANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SHOCK; SWINE; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; SWINE;

EID: 0036709974     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00121-1     Document Type: Article

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