Increasing amiodarone use in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: An analysis of the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-130

  October, Tessie W ^a   Schleien, Charles L ^a   Berg, Robert A ^b   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^c   Morris, Marilyn C ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Antiarrhythmic drugs; Cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIDOCAINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROCAINAMIDE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 37549029739     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000295592.97331.5A     Document Type: Article

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