A high-temporal resolution algorithm to discriminate shockable from nonshockable rhythms in adults and children

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1090-1097

  Irusta, Unai ^a   Ruiz, Jesús ^a   Aramendi, Elisabete ^a   Ruiz de Gauna, Sofía ^a   Ayala, Unai ^a   Alonso, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Paediatric resuscitation; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 84865303429     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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