Resuscitation
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 159-166 , August 2005

Very high survival among patients defibrillated at an early stage after in-hospital ventricular fibrillation on wards with and without monitoring facilities

Received 30 September 2004 ,Revised 23 March 2005 ,Accepted 24 March 2005.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the Abstract and Keywords of this article appears as Appendix at 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.03.018.

PII: S0300-9572(05)00167-X

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.03.018

Resuscitation
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