Is the combination of vasopressin and epinephrine superior to repeated doses of epinephrine alone in the treatment of cardiac arrest-A systematic review

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-386

  Sillberg, Victoria A H ^a   Perry, Jeffrey J ^b   Stiell, Ian G ^b   Wells, George A ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Epinephrine; Heart arrest; Systematic review; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PLACEBO; VASOPRESSIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 56949100643     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.07.020     Document Type: Review

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