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To the Editor: The article by Niemann on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Oct. 8 issue)¹ should have stated clearly that the review concerns the treatment of adults and not children, since the doses of drugs and the countershock energy settings given in the article are adult doses.

Although the principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation are the same in adults and children, the causes of cardiopulmonary arrest are usually different. Cardiopulmonary arrest in children is usually not due to a primary cardiac problem². In addition, arrest rhythms are different. Outside-the-hospital ventricular fibrillation associated with coronary artery disease is the most common arrhythmia in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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