A prospective, randomised and blinded comparison of first shock success of monophasic and biphasic waveforms in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Van Alem, Anouk P ^a   Chapman, Fred W ^b   Lank, Paula ^b   Hart, Augustinus A M ^a   Koster, Rudolph W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Physio Control Inc A Division of Medtronic   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Defibrillation; Out of hospital CPR; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0038642762     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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