Energy Dosage for Human Trans-Chest Electrical Ventricular Defibrillation

Abstract

NO published data have defined the electrical dose for countershock in human subjects, pediatric or adult. Animal studies completed in our laboratories have demonstrated an electrical energy-to-body-weight relation by which one can estimate the strength of shock needed for ventricular defibrillation of mammalian subjects of any size.¹ Because these data are independent of species, they suggest that such a relation exists for trans-chest electrical ventricular defibrillation of human subjects. Therefore, we have reviewed our clinical experience with ventricular defibrillation to determine whether such a relation exists for human beings and, if so, to quantitate it.Methods and MaterialsAttempts at . . .