Derivation of clinical predictors of failed rescue shock during out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Menegazzi, James J ^a,f   Hsieh, Margaret ^a   Niemann, James T ^b,c,d   Swor, Robert A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Predictors; Rescue shocks, failure; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; BRETYLIUM; LIDOCAINE; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MICHIGAN; PENNSYLVANIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIAGE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 46349105640     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802101280     Document Type: Article

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