Automated external defibrillators and the law of unintended consequences

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2178-2179

  Haines, David E ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYSTOLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349241068     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1674     Document Type: Editorial

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