A Comparison of Standard-Dose and High-Dose Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest outside the Hospital

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 15, 1992, Pages 1051-1055

  Brown, Charles G ^a   Martin, Daniel R ^a   Pepe, Paul E ^b   Stueven, Harlan ^c   Cummins, Richard O ^d   Gonzalez, Edgar ^e   Jastremski, Michael ^f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f State University of New York HSC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0026746470     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199210083271503     Document Type: Article

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