Atropine sulfate for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to asystole and pulseless electrical activity

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 580-588

  Nagao, Ken ^a   Yagi, Tsukasa ^a   Sakamoto, Tetsuya ^b   Koseki, Kazuhide ^c   Igarashi, Masaki ^d   Ishimatsu, Shinichi ^e   Sato, Akira ^f   Hori, Shingo ^g   Kanesaka, Shigeru ^h   Hamabe, Yuichi ⁱ   Saito, Daizo ^j   Kitamura, Shinya ^k  

^a SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^k KIMITSU CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Asystole; Atropine; Cardiac arrest; Neurological outcome; Pulseless electrical activity (PEA)

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMONITORING; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PULSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952322438     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0485     Document Type: Article

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