Double sequential defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation

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dc.contributor.authorEl Tawil, Chady
dc.contributor.authorMrad, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorKhishfe, Basem F.
dc.contributor.departmentEmergency Medicine
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Medicine (FM)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T11:41:28Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T11:41:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractA 54-year-old suffered from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Compressions were started within minutes and the patient was in refractory ventricular fibrillation despite multiple asynchronized shocks and maximal doses of antiarrhythmic agents. Double sequential defibrillation was attempted with successful Return Of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) after a total of 61 min of cardiac arrest. The patient was discharged home neurologically intact. Double sequential defibrillation could be a simple effective approach to patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation. © 2017 Elsevier Inc.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2017.09.009
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-85037852240
dc.identifier.pmid28978402
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/29756
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherW.B. Saunders
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Journal of Emergency Medicine
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectDefibrillation
dc.subjectDouble sequential
dc.subjectRefractory
dc.subjectResuscitation
dc.subjectVentricular fibrillation
dc.subjectCardiopulmonary resuscitation
dc.subjectClinical protocols
dc.subjectElectric countershock
dc.subjectEmergency medical services
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectHypothermia, induced
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle aged
dc.subjectOut-of-hospital cardiac arrest
dc.subjectTime factors
dc.subjectTreatment outcome
dc.subjectAmiodarone
dc.subjectAntiarrhythmic agent
dc.subjectEpinephrine
dc.subjectGluconate calcium
dc.subjectLidocaine
dc.subjectMagnesium sulfate
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectArticle
dc.subjectCase report
dc.subjectClinical article
dc.subjectEmergency care
dc.subjectHeart ventricle fibrillation
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectInduced hypothermia
dc.subjectOut of hospital cardiac arrest
dc.subjectOutcome assessment
dc.subjectPriority journal
dc.subjectReturn of spontaneous circulation
dc.subjectCardioversion
dc.subjectClinical protocol
dc.subjectComplication
dc.subjectEmergency health service
dc.subjectPathophysiology
dc.subjectProcedures
dc.subjectTime factor
dc.titleDouble sequential defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation
dc.typeArticle

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