Magnesium sulfate in the treatment of refractory ventricular fibrillation in the prehospital setting

Resuscitation

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-249

  Allegra, John ^a,b   Lavery, Robert ^c   Cody, Ronald ^e   Birnbaum, Glen ^d   Brennan, John ^d   Hartman, Anthony ^e,f   Horowitz, Michael ^b   Nashed, Ash ^a   Yablonski, Michael ^g  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Mountainside Hospital   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Somerset Medical Center   (United States)

^g HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cardiac life support (ALS); Cardiac arrest; Magnesium; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0034961450     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00375-0     Document Type: Article

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