Decalogue of electric defibrillation Decálogo de la desfibrilación eléctrica

Defibrillation is an emergency procedure and the only effective therapy for ventricular fibrillation. Electrical defibrillation delivers large amounts of current to the myocardium and thus depolarizes it, terminating ventricular fibrillation and other arrhythmias. A defibrillator is a device that ad...

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Main Author: Elkín Ferdinand Cardona Duque
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2001-03-01
Series:Iatreia
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Online Access:http://www.iatreia.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/323