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Electric Countershock

Known as: Defibrillation, Electroversions, Cardiac, Cardiac Electroversions 
The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a normal one, by pharmacologic means using… Expand
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Automated External DefibrillatorsBreaths^post cardioversion:NRat:Pt:Respiratory system:QnBreaths^pre cardioversion:NRat:Pt:Respiratory system:QnCDISC SDTM Procedure Terminology
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Broader (1)

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Narrower (1)

Direct current cardioversion

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Review
2019
Review
2019
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Review
Importance In-hospital cardiac arrest is common and associated with a high mortality rate. Despite this, in-hospital cardiac… Expand
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac arrest: A systematic review.
AIM To assess the use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), compared with manual or mechanical cardiopulmonary… Expand
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Review
2018
Review
2018
A smartphone application for dispatch of lay responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
BACKGROUND Dispatch of lay volunteers trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and equipped with automated external… Expand
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome.
CONTEXT The health and policy implications of regional variation in incidence and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
ContextCardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines recommend target values for compressions, ventilations, and CPR-free… Expand
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure (COMPANION) : Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart…
 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Combined cardiac resynchronization and implantable cardioversion defibrillation in advanced chronic heart failure: the MIRACLE ICD Trial.
CONTEXT Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) through biventricular pacing is an effective treatment for heart failure (HF… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with recurrent persistent atrial fibrillation.
BACKGROUND Maintenance of sinus rhythm is the main therapeutic goal in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, recurrences of… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Outcomes of rapid defibrillation by security officers after cardiac arrest in casinos.
BACKGROUND The use of automated external defibrillators by persons other than paramedics and emergency medical technicians is… Expand
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Termination of ventricular fibrillation in man by externally applied electric countershock.
VENTRICULAR fibrillation is usually a rapidly fatal arrhythmia that may occur in cardiac patients, in any patient under… Expand
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