Effect of adrenaline on survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1138-1143

  Jacobs, Ian G ^a,c   Finn, Judith C ^a,c   Jelinek, George A ^b   Oxer, Harry F ^c   Thompson, Peter L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST JOHN AMBULANCE WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Ambulance; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Randomised controlled trial; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79961103720     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.06.029     Document Type: Article

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