Evaluation of Isoproterenol in patients undergoing resuscitation for out-of-hospital asystolic cardiac arrest (the Israel Resuscitation with Isoproterenol Study Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1407-1409

  Jaffe, Ronen ^a   Rubinshtein, Ronen ^b   Feigenberg, Zvi ^b   Talor, Eran ^b   Michaelson, Moshe ^b   Karkabi, Basheer ^b   Halon, David A ^b   Flugelman, Moshe Y ^b   Lewis, Basil S ^b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; ATROPINE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 2542434062     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.042     Document Type: Article

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