Topic: The New England Journal Of Medicine

Public defibrillators boost cardiac arrest survival

Reuters US Online Report Health News - 176 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wider dissemination of portable defibrillators in Japan's schools, workplaces and other public venues has increased the number of people who survive cardiac arrest, researchers reported Wednesday. Experts say the findings, reported in the New England Journal of ...
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Heart defibrillator shock can signal more trouble

AP News - 729 days ago
Heart defibrillator shock can signal more trouble, but device doesn't harm quality of lifeA lifesaving shock from an implanted heart defibrillator provides relief that a crisis was avoided, but new research suggests it can also be a sign that more trouble is ...
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