Time in Recurrent Ventricular Fibrillation and Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Author(s) -
Jocelyn Berdowski,
Monique ten Haaf,
Jan G.P. Tijssen,
Fred W. Chapman,
Rudolph W. Koster
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.958173
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , ventricular fibrillation , confidence interval , odds ratio , cardiology , resuscitation , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , defibrillation , anesthesia , shock (circulatory) , fibrillation , atrial fibrillation
Current resuscitation guidelines (2005 guidelines [G2005]) accelerate ventricular fibrillation (VF) recurrence. We investigated whether patients resuscitated under G2005 spend more time in VF and have better survival rates than patients treated under the 2000 guidelines (G2000).
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