Aminophylline in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 582-583

  Hayward, Elizabeth ^a,b   Showler, Laurie ^a,b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOSINE; ADULT; AMINOPHYLLINE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547584174     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.051342     Document Type: Short Survey

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