Pressors for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Is there a new kid on the block?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1236-1238

  Gazmuri, Raúl J ^a   Ayoub, Iyad M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Epinephrine; Heart arrest; Vasopressin; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PLACEBO; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0034017529     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200004000-00064     Document Type: Editorial

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