Current required for ventricular defibrillation.
- 24 February 1979
- Vol. 1 (6162) , 513-514
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.6162.513
Abstract
The mean current required for ventricular defibrillation was measured and found to be 0.35 +/- SE 0.03 A/kg body weight, which is about one-third of that predicted from animal experiments. There was no apparent correlation between the current required and body weight (r = -0.007 +/- SE 0.213). There is no evidence of need for defibrillators storing more than 400 J.Keywords
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