A randomized controlled feasibility trial comparing safety and effectiveness of prehospital pacing versus conventional treatment: 'PrePACE'

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-349

  Morrison, Laurie J ^a,b,c,d,f   Long, Jennifer ^a   Vermeulen, Marian ^d,f   Schwartz, Brian ^a,b,c,f,g   Sawadsky, Bruce ^a,b,c,f   Frank, Jamie ^a,h   Cameron, Bruce ^a,h   Burgess, Robert ^g   Shield, Jennifer ^h   Bagley, Paul ^h   Mausz, Vivien ^h   Brewer, James E ⁱ   Dorian, Paul ^b,c,e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation ^*  (Canada)

^g Sunnybrook Osler Centre For Prehospital Care   (Canada)

^h Toronto Emergency Medical Services   (Canada)

ⁱ ZOLL Medical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Medical Services; Exception from informed consent; Randomized controlled trial; Resuscitation; Transcutaneous pacing; Unstable bradycardia

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARREST; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART PACING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOPAMINE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849184566     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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