Preliminary in-hospital experience with a fully automatic external cardioverter-defibrillator

Resuscitation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-16

  Bento, André Moreira ^a   Cardoso, Luiz Francisco ^a   Timerman, Sérgio ^a   Moretti, Miguel Antonio ^a   Peres, Eduardo Dante Bariani ^a   De Paiva, Edison Ferreira ^a   Ramires, José Antonio Franchini ^a   Kern, Karl B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Desfibrilha o; Desfibrilhador autom tico externo; Fibrilha o ventricular; Paragem card aca; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 4644335047     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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