The efficacy of atropine in the treatment of hemodynamically unstable bradycardia and atrioventricular block: Prehospital and emergency department considerations

Resuscitation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-55

  Brady, William J ^a   Swart, Gary ^b   DeBehnke, Daniel J ^b   Ma, O John ^c   Aufderheide, Tom P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Atropine; Bradyarrhythmia; Emergency treatment; Out of hospital; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATROPINE; BRADYCARDIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032981507     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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