Response by Pollack and Weisfeldt to Letter Regarding Article, "Impact of Bystander Automated External Defibrillator Use on Survival and Functional Outcomes in Shockable Observed Public Cardiac Arrests"

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Comment

Ross A Pollack et al. Circulation. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 4;138(23):2732-2733.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.036946.

¹ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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Comment on

Impact of Bystander Automated External Defibrillator Use on Survival and Functional Outcomes in Shockable Observed Public Cardiac Arrests.
Pollack RA, Brown SP, Rea T, Aufderheide T, Barbic D, Buick JE, Christenson J, Idris AH, Jasti J, Kampp M, Kudenchuk P, May S, Muhr M, Nichol G, Ornato JP, Sopko G, Vaillancourt C, Morrison L, Weisfeldt M; ROC Investigators. Pollack RA, et al. Circulation. 2018 May 15;137(20):2104-2113. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030700. Epub 2018 Feb 26. Circulation. 2018. PMID: 29483086 Free PMC article.
Letter by Karam et al Regarding Article, "Impact of Bystander Automated External Defibrillator Use on Survival and Functional Outcomes in Shockable Observed Public Cardiac Arrests".
Karam N, Pechmajou L, Marijon E. Karam N, et al. Circulation. 2018 Dec 4;138(23):2730-2731. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034792. Circulation. 2018. PMID: 30571267 No abstract available.

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