Handheld Doppler to improve pulse checks during resuscitation of putative pulseless electrical activity arrest
Robert B Schonberger1, Rachel J Lampert, Ernest I Mandel
1From the Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (R.B.S. and Z.G.); Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (R.J.L.); Department of Internal Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, Massachusetts (E.I.M.); Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut (J.F.); and Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; New Haven, Connecticut (S.H.).
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