Outcome when adrenaline (epinephrine) was actually given vs. not given - post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-332

  Olasveengen, Theresa M ^a   Wik, Lars ^a   Sunde, Kjetil ^a   Steen, Petter A ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advanced Life Support (ALS); Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Chest compression; Drugs; Emergency medical services; Out of hospital CPR; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857052941     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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