Amiodarone as compared with lidocaine for shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 884-890

  Dorian, Paul ^a   Cass, Dan ^a   Schwartz, Brian ^b   Cooper, Richard ^c   Gelaznikas, Robert ^a   Barr, Aiala ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIDOCAINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037149721     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa013029     Document Type: Article

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