Thrombolysis during resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 2651-2662

  Böttiger, Bernd W ^a,b   Arntz, Hans Richard ^c   Chamberlain, Douglas A ^d   Bluhmki, Erich ^e   Belmans, Ann ^f   Danays, Thierry ^g   Carli, Pierre A ^h   Adgey, Jennifer A ⁱ   Bode, Christoph ^j   Wenzel, Volker ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM   (France)

^h HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

ⁱ ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^k INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; TENECTEPLASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 58049193944     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa070570     Document Type: Article

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