Open AccessDelayed Time to Defibrillation after Intraoperative and Periprocedural Cardiac Arrest
Author(s) -
Jill M. Mhyre,
Satya Krishna Ramachandran,
Sachin Kheterpal,
Michelle Morris,
Paul S. Chan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.874
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1528-1175
pISSN - 0003-3022
DOI - 10.1097/aln.0b013e3181eaa74f
Subject(s) - medicine , defibrillation , ventricular fibrillation , cardiology , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , interquartile range , ventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , pulseless electrical activity , resuscitation , fibrillation , anesthesia , atrial fibrillation
Delay in defibrillation (more than 2 min) is associated with worse survival in patients with a cardiac arrest because of ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia in intensive care units and inpatient wards.
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