but ventricular fibrillation occasionally occurs, 1 particularly during hypothermia or during anesthesia with . . . From the Medical Research Department of the Yamins Research Laboratories ...

In infants and children asphyxial cardiac arrests are more common than cardiac arrests following the sudden development of ventricular fibrillation [1]. In those instances, lay rescuers providing ...

A system hybridizing cardiac contractility modulation and implantable cardioverter defibrillation successfully converted ...

Ventricular fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia in which the muscle in the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles) contracts irregularly and rapidly. The ventricles quiver and are unable to ...

Following a severe winter, Louisville health care providers reported a significant rise in hypothermia and frostbite cases, which advocates say impact the homeless population. Norton Healthcare ...

During severe hypothermia the heart is hyperexcitable and mechanical stimulation (such as CPR, moving them or Afterdrop) may result in fibrillation leading to death. As a result CPR may be ...

He was hospitalized with severe hypothermia for more than a month. Prison authorities decided not to transfer Crummel to a specialized medical unit in Pittsburgh — which would cost additional ...