Research Article
Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation Treated with Double Simultaneous Defibrillation: Pilot Study
Table 2
Comparisons of treatment between the DSiD-treated and conventionally treated groups.
| | | DSiD (N = 17) | No DSiD (N = 21) | value |
| | Prehospital defibrillation attempts; median (IQR) | 4 (2.5–6) | 3 (3–4) | 0.095 | | Prehospital defibrillation joules; median (IQR) | 600 (375–900) | 450 (450–600) | 0.095 | | ED defibrillation attempts; median (IQR) | 3 (2.5–4) | 4 (3–6.5) | 0.045 | | ED defibrillation joules; median (IQR) | 950 (750–1350) | 750 (550–1250) | 0.220 | | Total defibrillation attempts; median (IQR) | 7 (6–10) | 7 (7–9.5) | 0.750 | | Total defibrillation joules; median (IQR) | 1650 (1375–2175) | 1200 (1200–1675) | 0.026 | | Total prehospital time, minutes; median (IQR) | 26 (22–29) | 21.5 (15–30.7) | 0.347 | | Total ED CPR time, minutes; median (IQR) | 23 (4.5–38.5) | 31 (24.5–35) | 0.128 | | Total CPR time, minutes; median (IQR) | 48 (33–56) | 51 (44.2–60.7) | 0.564 | | Adrenaline, mg; median (IQR) | 6 (2.5–10) | 8 (6–9) | 0.161 | | Amiodarone, mg; median (IQR) | 450 (375–450) | 450 (450–450) | 0.337 | | Sodium bicarbonate (mEq), median (IQR) | 3 (3–3) | 4 (3–5) | 0.333 | | Targeted temperature management, n (%) | | 10 (58.8) | 6 (28.6) | 0.099 |
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ED: emergency department; CPR; cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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