Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 8 , Pages 925-931 , August 2010

Delayed versus immediate defibrillation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Received 12 February 2010 ,Revised 31 March 2010 ,Accepted 13 April 2010.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.016.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00244-3

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.016

Resuscitation
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