Pediatric cardiac arrest refractory to advanced life support: Is there a role for terlipressin?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-141

  Gil Antón, Javier ^a   López Herce, Jesús ^b   Morteruel, Elvira ^a   Carrillo, Ángel ^c   Rodríguez Núñez, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Advanced life support; Cardiac arrest; Pediatric resuscitation; Shock; Terlipressin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; TERLIPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 75149142292     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181ae7834     Document Type: Article

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