Cardiac resuscitation: Epinephrine to treat cardiac arrest - A double-edged sword

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 380-382

  Arntz, Hans Richard ^a   Breckwoldt, Jan ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

AORTA PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; RISK; SHORT SURVEY;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862865707     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.71     Document Type: Short Survey

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