Advances in defibrillation

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-235

  Deakin, Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

defibrillation; guidelines; safety; transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; WAVEFORM;

CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955575791     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32834697bf     Document Type: Review

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