Aminophylline in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9522, 2006, Pages 1577-1584

  Abu Laban, Riyad B ^a,c   McIntyre, Caroline M ^a   Christenson, James M ^a,b   van Beek, Catherina A ^a,c   Innes, Grant D ^a   O'Brien, Robin K ^a   Wanger, Karen P ^a,b   McKnight, R Douglas ^a   Gin, Kenneth G ^a   Zed, Peter J ^a   Watts, Jeffrey ^b   Puskaric, Joe ^b   MacPhail, Iain A ^a   Berringer, Ross G ^a   Milner, Ruth A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Ambulance Service   (Canada)

^c Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 33646374923     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68694-7     Document Type: Article

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