DOSE-VF
Double Sequential External Defibrillation
Paziente / Popolazione Intervento / Esposizione Confronto Esito
In 405 patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation, double sequential external defibrillation improved survival to hospital discharge versus standard defibrillation.
N
405
Disegno
Cluster-randomised crossover trial, Canada
Esito
Survival to hospital discharge
Rilevanza
2
Risultato30.4% vs 13.3% (RR 2.21; 95% CI 1.33–3.67). Vector change non-significant.
Cheskes S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022;387(21):1947-1956. 10.1056/NEJMoa2207304
Discussione e critica
Cluster-randomised so not perfectly individual-level, but the effect size is large enough to motivate practice change in refractory VF.