A trial of an impedance threshold device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 01, 2011

Authors

Tom P Aufderheide1, Graham Nichol, Thomas D Rea, Siobhan P Brown, Brian G Leroux, Paul E Pepe, Peter J Kudenchuk, Jim Christenson, Mohamud R Daya, Paul Dorian, Clifton W Callaway, Ahamed H Idris, Douglas Andrusiek, Shannon W Stephens, David Hostler, Daniel P Davis, James V Dunford, Ronald G Pirrallo, Ian G Stiell, Catherine M Clement, Alan Craig, Lois Van Ottingham, Terri A Schmidt, Henry E Wang, Myron L Weisfeldt, Joseph P Ornato, George Sopko, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. taufderh@mcw.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Prehospital Resuscitation Using an Impedance Valve | NCT00394706

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