Resuscitation
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 149-157 , August 2005

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rectilinear biphasic to monophasic damped sine defibrillation waveforms with advanced life support intervention trial (ORBIT)

  • Laurie J. Morrison

      Affiliations

    • Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Sunnybrook and Women's, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Suite B103, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5. Tel.: +1 416 480 5959; fax: +1 416 480 5558.
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  • Paul Dorian

      Affiliations

    • St. Michael's Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Jennifer Long

      Affiliations

    • Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Marian Vermeulen

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Brian Schwartz

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook — Osler Centre for Prehospital Care, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Bruce Sawadsky

      Affiliations

    • Ontario Air Ambulance Base Hospital Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Jamie Frank

      Affiliations

    • Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Emergency Medical Services, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Bruce Cameron

      Affiliations

    • Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Emergency Medical Services, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Robert Burgess

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook — Osler Centre for Prehospital Care, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Jennifer Shield

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Emergency Medical Services, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Paul Bagley

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Emergency Medical Services, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • Vivien Mausz

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Emergency Medical Services, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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  • James E. Brewer

      Affiliations

    • ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Bruce B. Lerman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Received 19 October 2004 ,Revised 24 November 2004 ,Accepted 24 November 2004.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the Abstract and Keywords of this article appears as Appendix at 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.11.031.

PII: S0300-9572(05)00078-X

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.11.031

Resuscitation
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