Selected Publications

Ventricular Fibrillation Metrics, Age, Sex, And Survival

Yang B, Coult J, Blackwood J, Kwok H, Rajah A, Goldenberg I, Sotoodehnia N, Harris J, Kudenchuk P, Rea T. Age, sex, and survival following ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest: A mechanistic evaluation of the ECG waveform. Resuscitation 2023; 189:109891. https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(23)00204-6/fulltext

Prediction of Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

Coult J, Yang B, Kwok H, Kutz JN, Boyle PM, Blackwood J, Rea TD, Kudenchuk PJ. Prediction of Shock-Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation During Resuscitation of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circulation 2023; [in press]. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.063651

Instantaneous ECG Amplitude and Shock Outcome

Jaureguibeitia X, Coult J, Sashidhar D, Blackwood J, Kutz JN, Kudenchuk PJ, Rea TD, Kwok H. Instantaneous amplitude: Association of ventricular fibrillation waveform measures at time of shock with outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Journal of Electrocardiology 2023; 80:11-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2023.04.002

Continuous Ventricular Fibrillation Assessment

Coult J, Kwok H, Eftestol T, Bhandari S, Blackwood J, Sotoodehnia N, Kudenchuk P, Rea T. Continuous assessment of ventricular fibrillation prognostic status during CPR: Implications for resuscitation. Resuscitation 2022; 179:152-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.08.015

Measurement of Airway Opening Index

Bhandari S, Coult J, Counts CR, Bulger N, Kwok H, Latimer AJ, Sayre M, Rea TD, Johnson NJ. Investigating the Airway Opening Index during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Resuscitation 2022; 178:96-101. https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(22)00606-2/fulltext

Ventricular fibrillation Detection during CPR

Kwok H, Coult J, Blackwood J, Sotoodehnia N, Kudenchuk P, Rea T. A method for continuous rhythm classification and early detection of ventricular fibrillation during CPR. Resuscitation 2022; 176:90-97. https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(22)00170-8/fulltext

Novel Ventricular Fibrillation Prognostic Analysis during CPR

Coult J, Rea TD, Blackwood J, Kudenchuk PJ, Liu C, Kwok H. A method to predict ventricular fibrillation shock outcome during chest compressions. Computers in Biology and Medicine 2021; 129:104136. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010482520304674

Pulse Prediction During CPR

Kwok H, Coult J, Blackwood J, Bhandari S, Kudenchuk P, Rea T. Electrocardiogram-based pulse prediction during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation 2020; 147:104-111. https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(19)30712-9/fulltext

CPR detection using Chest Impedance

Coult J, Blackwood J, Rea T, Kudenchuk P, Kwok H. A method to detect presence of chest compressions during resuscitation using transthoracic impedance. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 2020; 24(3):768-774. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8721452

Chronic Health and Ventricular Fibrillation

Dumas F, Coult J, Blackwood J, Kudenchuk P, Cariou A, Rea T. Investigation of chronic health status and survival following ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest: Investigation of a primary myocardial mechanism. Resuscitation 2019; 137:190-196. https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(18)30895-5/fulltext

Rhythm Transition sequence during ventricular fibrillation arrest

Bhandari S, Doan J, Blackwood J, Coult J, Kudenchuk P, Sherman L, Rea T, Kwok H. Rhythm profiles and survival after out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2018; 125:22-27. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0300-9572(18)30037-6

Benchmark of Ventricular Fibrillation Algorithms During CPR

Coult J, Blackwood J, Sherman L, Rea T, Kudenchuk P, Kwok H. Ventricular fibrillation waveform analysis during chest compressions to predict survival from cardiac arrest. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2019; 12(1). https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/CIRCEP.118.006924

CPR Detection with Markov Modeling

Kwok H, Coult J, Liu C, Blackwood J, Kudenchuk P, Rea T, Sherman L. An accurate method for real-time chest compression detection from the impedance signal. Resuscitation 2016; 105:22-28. https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(16)30049-1/fulltext

Predicting Shock Outcome Using Short Ventricular Fibrillation Segments

Coult J, Sherman L, Kwok H, Blackwood J, Kudenchuk P, Rea T. Short ECG segments predict defibrillation outcome using quantitative waveform measures. Resuscitation 2016; 109:16-20. https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(16)30480-4/fulltext

Rhythm Classification During CPR

Kwok H, Coult J, Drton M, Rea T, Sherman L. Adaptive Rhythm Sequencing: A method for dynamic rhythm classification during CPR. Resuscitation 2015; 91:26-31. https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(15)00108-2/fulltext

Association of Shock Cycle Outcomes

Coult J, Kwok H, Sherman L, Blackwood J, Kudenchuk P, Rea T. Ventricular fibrillation waveform measures combined with prior shock outcome predict defibrillation success during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Journal of Electrocardiology 2018; 51(1):99-106. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022073617302364?via%3Dihub