Delayed versus immediate defibrillation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 925-931

  Simpson, Paul M ^a   Goodger, Mark S ^a   Bendall, Jason C ^a  

^a Greater Sydney Area Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Ambulance Service New South Wales Rescue Helicopter Base Bankstown Airport   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Emergency medical services; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOVERSION; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 77954759081     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.016     Document Type: Review

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