title: Some research needs in defibrillation and CPR.
abstract: The Fourth Purdue Conference on Cardiac Defibrillation and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation identified needed defibrillation research, including an appropriate animal model, threshold validity, effects of polarity, and an easy-to-operate defibrillator. CPR research needs include better protocols, hemodynamics and survival studies, the role of pulmonary edema, re-examination of sudden death, and transchest pacing.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004554:Electric Countershock; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012151:Resuscitation