• Am. J. Cardiol. · Aug 2004

    Efficacy of distinct energy delivery protocols comparing two biphasic defibrillators for cardiac arrest.

    • Simon J Walsh, Anthony J J McClelland, Colum G Owens, James Allen, John McC Anderson, Colin Turner, and A A Jennifer Adgey.
    • Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
    • Am. J. Cardiol. 2004 Aug 1;94(3):378-80.

    AbstractLimited data have been published on the use of external defibrillators that deliver impedance compensated biphasic (ICB) waveforms in patients. We compared 2 ICB defibrillators, the Heartstream XL (150-150-150 J protocol) and Heartsine Samaritan (100-150-200 J protocol) in 78 consecutive patients in cardiac arrest. The performance of the 2 devices over the first 2 shocks was statistically equivalent. By the third shock, the Heartsine Samaritan had significantly better performance in removing ventricular fibrillation (p = 0.029). Energy selection for ICB waveforms requires further validation.

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