Clinical experience with a low-energy pulsed biphasic waveform in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-353

  Didon, Jean Philippe ^a   Fontaine, Guy ^b   White, Roger D ^c   Jekova, Irena ^d   Schmid, Johann Jakob ^e   Cansell, Albert ^a  

^a Schiller Medical SAS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Defibrillation; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; ENERGY YIELD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 38849085165     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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