Clinical review: Reappraising the concept of immediate defibrillatory attempts for out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation

Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-45

  Pepe, Paul E ^a   Fowler, Raymond L ^a   Roppolo, Lynn P ^a   Wigginton, Jane G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cardiac life support; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Countershock; Defibrillation; Median frequency; Resuscitation; Scaling exponents; Spectrum analysis; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CARDIOVERSION; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; WAVEFORM;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 1042304245     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2379     Document Type: Review

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