In hospital cardiac arrest: A role for automatic defibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-188

  Cusnir, Henry ^a   Tongia, Rohit ^a   Sheka, Karthik P ^a   Kavesteen, David ^a   Segal, Robert R ^a   Nowakiwskyj, Vera N ^a   Cassera, Frederick ^a   Scherer, Hannah ^a   Costello, Dolores ^a   Valerio, Louise ^a   Yens, David P ^a   Shani, Jacob ^a   Hollander, Gerald ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life support (ALS); Automated external defibrillator (AED); Defibrillation; Desfibrilha o; Desfibrilha o Autom tica Externa (AED); Soporte vital avanzado; Suporte Avan ado de Vida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 8644286795     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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