Biphasic defibrillation does not improve outcomes compared to monophasic defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-156

  Freeman, Kimberly ^a   Hendey, Gregory W ^a   Shalit, Marc ^a   Stroh, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Emergency medical services; Utstein template

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41649108823     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120801907240     Document Type: Article

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