Lidocaine in out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation. Does it improve survival?

Resuscitation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-205

  Herlitz, Johan ^a   Ekström, Lars ^a   Wennerblom, Bertil ^a   Axelsson, Åsa ^a   Bång, Angela ^a   Lindkvist, Jonny ^a   Persson, Nils Gunnar ^a   Holmberg, Stig ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031023204     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(96)01018-0     Document Type: Article

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