Comparing intravenous amiodarone or lidocaine, or both, outcomes for inpatients with pulseless ventricular arrhythmias

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1617-1623

  Rea, Rhonda S ^a   Kane Gill, Sandra L ^a   Rudis, Maria I ^c   Seybert, Amy L ^a,b   Oyen, Lance J ^d,e   Ou, Narith N ^e   Stauss, Julie L ^f   Kirisci, Levent ^a   Idrees, Umbreen ^g   Henderson, Sean O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; BRADYCARDIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744535943     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000217965.30554.D8     Document Type: Article

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