Waveform analysis-guided treatment versus a standard shock-first protocol for the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest presenting in ventricular fibrillation: Results of an international randomized, controlled trial

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 995-1002

  Freese, John P ^a   Jorgenson, Dawn B ^b   Liu, Ping Yu ^c   Innes, Jennifer ^d   Matallana, Luis ^a   Nammi, Krishnakant ^b   Donohoe, Rachael T ^d   Whitbread, Mark ^d   Silverman, Robert A ^e   Prezant, David J ^a,f  

^a Government of New york   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation, electric; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; WAVEFORM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATION, ELECTRIC; RESUSCITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883232614     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003273     Document Type: Article

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