A C Omparison of B Iphasic and M Onophasic S Hocks for E Xternal D Efibrillation

Steven L. Higgins; John M. Herre; Andrew E. Epstein; G. Stephen Greer; Peter L. Friedman; Marye L. Gleva; James G. Porterfield; Fred W. Chapman; Elizabeth S. Finkel; Paul W. Schmitt; Richard C. Nova; H.Leon Greene

doi:10.1080/10903120090941001

January 1, 2000Prehospital Emergency Care

A C Omparison of B Iphasic and M Onophasic S Hocks for E Xternal D Efibrillation

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Why the study?

Does 200-J biphasic shock improve first-shock defibrillation efficacy compared to 200-J monophasic or 130-J biphasic shocks in patients with induced ventricular fibrillation?

Structured PICO

Does 200-J biphasic shock improve first-shock defibrillation efficacy compared to 200-J monophasic or 130-J biphasic shocks in patients with induced ventricular fibrillation?

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Population

154 patients with induced ventricular fibrillation (115 during evaluation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator function and 39 during electrophysiologic evaluation of ventricular arrhythmias)

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Intervention

200-J biphasic truncated exponential (BTE) shocks and 130-J BTE shocks

C

Comparator

200-J monophasic damped sine wave shocks

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Outcome

First-shock success rate for defibrillationhard clinical

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Implication

200-J biphasic shocks provide superior first-shock defibrillation efficacy for short-duration ventricular fibrillation compared to 200-J monophasic and 130-J biphasic shocks.

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Higgins et al. (2000) studied this question.

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