Do advanced cardiac life support drugs increase resuscitation rates from in-hospital cardiac arrest?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 544-553

  Van Walraven, C ^a   Stiell, I G ^a   Wells, G A ^a   Hebert, P C ^a   Vandemheen, K ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; BRETYLIUM; CALCIUM; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031728098     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70031-9     Document Type: Article

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