Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Mar 2005
Comparative StudyBetter outcome after pediatric defibrillation dosage than adult dosage in a swine model of pediatric ventricular fibrillation.
This study was designed to compare outcome after adult defibrillation dosing versus pediatric dosing in a piglet model of prolonged prehospital ventricular fibrillation (VF). ⋯ In this model, pediatric shocks resulted in superior outcome compared with adult shocks. These data suggest that adult defibrillation dosing may be harmful to pediatric patients with VF and support the use of attenuating electrodes with adult biphasic AEDs to defibrillate children.