Future shock: Automatic external defibrillators

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-180

  Einav, Sharon ^a   Weissman, Charles ^a   Kark, Jeremy ^a   Lotan, Chaim ^a   Matot, Idit ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic external defibrillation; Cardiopulmonary arrest; Defibrillation; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 17144385141     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000162837.79215.a7     Document Type: Review

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