High-dose versus standard-dose epinephrine treatment of cardiac arrest after failure of standard therapy

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-247

  Sherman, Bruce W ^a   Munger, Mark A ^b   Foulke, Garrett E ^c   Rutherford, William F ^d   Panacek, Edward A ^b,c  

^a Mt Sinai Medical Center Cleveland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030984229     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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