Defibrillation probability and impedance change between shocks during resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 773-777

  Walker, Robert G ^a   Koster, Rudolph W ^b   Sun, Charles ^c   Moffat, George ^c   Barger, Joseph ^d   Dodson, Pamela P ^d   Chapman, Fred W ^a  

^a Physio Control Inc A Division of Medtronic   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c British Columbia Ambulance Service   (Canada)

^d Research and Evaluation Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 67349255221     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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