Increased prevalence of sustained return of spontaneous circulation following transition to biphasic waveform defibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-45

  Hess, Erik P ^a   Atkinson, Elizabeth J ^b   White, Roger D ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Department of Health Sciences Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphasic waveform defibrillation; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; WAVEFORM;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 39849097309     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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