Endotracheal versus intravenous epinephrine and atropine in out-of- hospital 'primary' and postcountershock asystole

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1815-1819

  Niemann, James T ^a   Stratton, Samuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atropine; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Catecholamines; Defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033945040     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200006000-00022     Document Type: Article

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