Home use of automated external defibrillators for sudden cardiac arrest

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1793-1804

  Bardy, Gust H ^a   Lee, Kerry L ^c   Mark, Daniel B ^c   Poole, Jeanne E ^b   Toff, William D ^d   Tonkin, Andrew M ^e   Smith, Warren ^f   Dorian, Paul ^g   Packer, Douglas L ^h   White, Roger D ^h   Longstreth Jr , W T ^b   Anderson, Jill ^a   Johnson, George ^a   Bischoff, Eric ^a   Yallop, Julie J ^e,f   McNulty, Steven ^c   Ray, Linda Davidson ^c   Clapp Channing, Nancy E ^c   Rosenberg, Yves ⁱ   Schron, Eleanor B ⁱ  

^a Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 42549153973     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0801651     Document Type: Article

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