Automated external defibrillators for in-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review

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Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) improve survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but their role in in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) remains uncertain.   This systematic review aims to assess whether AED use prior to the arrival of a code blue team improves survival or favourable neurologic outcomes in IHCA patients compared with the use of standard manual defibrillators.

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