Use of epinephrine for cardiac arrest prior to hospital arrival [1]

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-30

  Carron, Pierre Nicolas ^a   Taffe, Patrick ^b   Hugli, Olivier ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

BRAIN FUNCTION; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84863511762     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.5942     Document Type: Letter

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