External cardiac defibrillation during wet-surface cooling in pigs

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 420-424

  Schratter, Alexandra ^a   Weihs, Wolfgang ^a   Holzer, Michael ^a   Janata, Andreas ^a   Behringer, Wilhelm ^a   Losert, Udo M ^a   Ohley, William J ^b   Schock, Robert B ^c   Sterz, Fritz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c Life Recovery Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHOCK; SKIN SURFACE; SWINE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WATER;

EID: 34248223684     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.02.044     Document Type: Article

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