Sequential VT/VF discrimination algorithm based on wave mode sample entropy for adult and pediatric patients

摘要

The two fatal ventricular arrhythmias, Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) and Ventricular Tachycardia (VT), are better treated using different electrical therapies: a lower energy cardioversion for VT and a defibrillation shock for VF. Automated External Defibrillators (AED), whose use for children is recommended since 2003, should discriminate between VT and VF in adult and pediatric patients.