Automated detection of ventricular fibrillation to guide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 131-134

  Li, Yongqin ^a   Bisera, Joe ^a,b   Tang, Wanchun ^a,b   Weil, Max Harry ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34548436445     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e31813429b0     Document Type: Article

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