Diagnosis, not energy or weight, determines ventricular defibrillation.

M. L. Cherwek; J. N. Sipes; Joseph Gascho; F. P. Hunter; W. M. O'Brien; R. S. Crampton

Diagnosis, not energy or weight, determines ventricular defibrillation.

M. L. Cherwek, J. N. Sipes, Joseph Gascho, F. P. Hunter, W. M. O'Brien, R. S. Crampton

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Abstract

In a study demonstrating 95% success in achieving defibrillation in 94 resuscitative events in adult patients, the authors find that weight did not determine that success and that the results were obtained at significantly low rates of energy output. Diagnosis was the key, they conclude, and they view the expensive high-energy defibrillators marketed today as unnecessary, potentially lethal, and economically wasteful.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	285-288
Number of pages	4
Journal	Virginia Medical
Volume	107
Issue number	4
State	Published - Apr 1980

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General Medicine

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