Estimation of the duration of ventricular fibrillation using ECG single feature analysis

Resuscitation

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-252

  Neurauter, Andreas ^a   Kramer Johansen, Jo ^b   Eilevstjønn, Joar ^c   Myklebust, Helge ^c   Wenzel, Volker ^a   Lindner, Karl H ^a   Eftestøl, Trygve ^d   Steen, Petter A ^b   Strohmenger, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Pre hospital Division   (Norway)

^c Laerdal Medical AS   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); Downtime; Electrocardiography; Utstein database; Ventricular fibrillation; Witnessed cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UTSTEIN GUIDELINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34147108863     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.08.028     Document Type: Article

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