Beta-blockade causes a reduction in the frequency spectrum of VF but improves resuscitation outcome: A potential limitation of quantitative waveform measures - Sherman, Lawrence; Niemann, James; Youngquist, Scott T.; Shah, Atman P.; Rosborough, John P. (Resuscitation, 2012)
Keywords: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists - pharmacology; Animals; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods; Confidence Intervals; Defibrillation; Disease Models, Animal; Electric Countershock; Electrocardiography - drug effects; Electrocardiography - methods; Emergency; Heart Arrest - mortality; Heart Arrest - therapy; Labetalol - pharmacology; Male; Metoprolol - pharmacology; Outcome; Random Allocation; Statistics, Nonparametric; Survival Rate; Sus scrofa; Swine; Time Factors; Ventricular Fibrillation - diagnosis; Ventricular Fibrillation - drug therapy; VF analysis; VF analysis; Defibrillation; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Outcome; Cardiac arrest