title: Current required for ventricular defibrillation.
abstract: The mean current required for ventricular defibrillation was measured and found to be 0.35 +/- SE 0.03 A/kg body weight, which is about one-third of that predicted from animal experiments. There was no apparent correlation between the current required and body weight (r = -0.007 +/- SE 0.213). There is no evidence of need for defibrillators storing more than 400 J.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy