"Defibrillators" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cardiac electrical stimulators that apply brief high-voltage electroshocks to the HEART. These stimulators are used to restore normal rhythm and contractile function in hearts of patients who are experiencing VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION or ventricular tachycardia (TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR) that is not accompanied by a palpable PULSE. Some defibrillators may also be used to correct certain noncritical dysrhythmias (called synchronized defibrillation or CARDIOVERSION), using relatively low-level discharges synchronized to the patient's ECG waveform. (UMDNS, 2003)
| Descriptor ID |
D047548
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.305.250.159
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| Concept/Terms |
Defibrillators- Defibrillators
- Defibrillator
- Electric Shock Cardiac Stimulators
- Stimulators, Electrical, Cardiac, Shock
Automated External Defibrillators- Automated External Defibrillators
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Defibrillator, Automated External
- Defibrillators, Automated External
- External Defibrillator, Automated
- External Defibrillators, Automated
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Defibrillators" by people in Profiles.
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest volumes and characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Oct; 48:191-197.
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Singularities of AED implementation in occupational setting and COVID-19 pandemic: In response to "Use and Coverage of Automated External Defibrillators According to Location in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest". Resuscitation. 2021 06; 163:200-201.
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Reply to: Singularities of AED implementation in occupational setting and COVID-19 pandemic. Resuscitation. 2021 06; 163:202.
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A goal to transform public access defibrillation to all access defibrillation. Resuscitation. 2021 05; 162:417-419.
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Public defibrillator accessibility and mobility trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Resuscitation. 2021 05; 162:329-333.
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Patients with heart failure and an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: insights from a multicenter registry in Poland. Kardiol Pol. 2021; 79(5):562-565.
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Treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the COVID-19 era: A 100 days experience from the Lombardy region. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0241028.
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Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Response and Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 01; 7(1):6-11.
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Covid-19: Are chest compressions an aerosol generating procedure or not? BMJ. 2020 05 05; 369:m1825.
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International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation: COVID-19 consensus on science, treatment recommendations and task force insights. Resuscitation. 2020 06; 151:145-147.