INDIGENOUS LOW COST EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
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https://doi.org/10.47144/phj.v41i1-2.31Keywords:
INDIGENOUS, DEFIBRILLATORAbstract
Ventricular fibrillation is chaotic electrical activity ofthe heart muscle fibers, which results in failure of
coordinated myocardial contraction and virtually no
cardiac output.It is important to note that sudden cardiac arrest
claims 350,000 to 450,000 lives per year in the
United States alone. Unfortunately, there is no data
from Pakistan on this subject.First prototype was tested on dogs on 27th April,
2004 by a team of doctors.Is it as good as defibrillators available in market? The
answer is no, but, it is the first step in the direction.
There is room for improvement and making it
compatible with international standards. The
efficiency has been tested but quality testing is
awaited. The main hindrances to quality testing are
lack of animal laboratory and ethical issues as far as
its human application is concerned.
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AKHTAR N, ALAM T, BAKR A, BHATTI A, CHANDIO AK. INDIGENOUS LOW COST EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. Pak Heart J [Internet]. 2012May7 [cited 2024Dec.24];41(1-2). Available from: https://pakheartjournal.com/index.php/pk/article/view/31
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