Pediatric defibrillation doses often fail to terminate prolonged out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation in children

Resuscitation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-67

  Berg, Marc D ^a,b   Samson, Ricardo A ^a,b   Meyer, Robyn J ^a,b   Clark, Lani L ^a   Valenzuela, Terence D ^a,b   Berg, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Children; Defibrillation; Heart arrest; Pediatric; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAPSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 25844485230     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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