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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
Before recommendations for using an automatic external defibrillator on pediatric patients can be made, a protocol for the energy of a biphasic waveform energy dosing needs to be determined that will allow ventricular defibrillation of 8 year olds while causing only a minimal amount of cardiac damage to infants. Pediatric- and adult-sized electrode patches were alternately applied to 10 isoflurane-anesthetized piglets weighing 3.8-20.1 kg to approximate the body weights of newborns to children < 8 years old. The defibrillation threshold (DFT) was determined for biphasic truncated exponential waveform shocks. Additional shocks, varying from the DFT to 360 Joules (J), were delivered during sinus rhythm or following 30 s of ventricular fibrillation (VF). The DFT was 2.4+/-0.81 and 2.1+/-0.65 J/kg for pediatric and adult patches, respectively (P = N.S.). The change in left ventricular (LV) dP/dt from baseline as a function of shock strength was significantly different at 1 and 10 s after shocks of increasing energy that were delivered in sinus rhythm, and 1, 10, 20, and 30 s after defibrillation shocks. There was no significant difference in LV dP/dt with increasing shock energy at 60 s with either patch size. The time to return of sinus rhythm, ST-segment deviation, and cardiac output were also not significantly different from baseline 60 s following shocks of up to 360 J delivered during sinus rhythm or VF with either patch. The same amount of energy delivered with a biphasic external defibrillator successfully defibrillated VF whether adult or pediatric patches were used. Cardiac rhythm and hemodynamic variables were unaltered at 60 s after shocks delivered at energies of up to 360 J. These data suggest that there is a substantial safety margin above a DFT strength shock for this biphasic waveform in piglets.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0300-9572
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Differential Threshold, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Electric Countershock, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Electrocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Electrodes, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Heart Function Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Probability, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Random Allocation, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Ventricular Fibrillation, pubmed-meshheading:12413756-Ventricular Function, Left
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Defibrillation threshold and cardiac responses using an external biphasic defibrillator with pediatric and adult adhesive patches in pediatric-sized piglets.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiac Rhythm Management Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1670 University Boulevard, B140 Volker Hall, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. crk@crml.uab.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't