Is it time to update our defibrillation strategies for refractory ventricular fibrillation?

Alessandra Cuomo; Luis M de Menezes; Silvia Elli; Barbara Rocchi; Maria Rocco; Stefano Viola

doi:10.1007/s11739-023-03504-4

Is it time to update our defibrillation strategies for refractory ventricular fibrillation?

Intern Emerg Med. 2024 Apr;19(3):835-837. doi: 10.1007/s11739-023-03504-4. Epub 2024 Jan 10.

Authors

Alessandra Cuomo¹, Luis M de Menezes², Silvia Elli², Barbara Rocchi², Maria Rocco³, Stefano Viola⁴

Affiliations

¹ UOS gestione del paziente oncologico in Medicina Interna, Department of Translational Medical Science (DISMET), University of Naples Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. [email protected].
² University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
⁴ University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 38198048
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-023-03504-4

No abstract available

Keywords: Double sequential external defibrillation; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation; Standard defibrillation; Vector change defibrillation.

MeSH terms

Electric Countershock* / methods
Humans
Ventricular Fibrillation* / therapy