Persistent ventricular fibrillation during therapeutic hypothermia and prolonged high-dose vasopressor therapy: Case report

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-40

  Poles, Joshua C ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Tyler F ^b   Bobrow, Bentley J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dobutamine; dopamine; drug metabolism; therapeutic hypothermia; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; LIDOCAINE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPOFOL; TROPONIN I; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUSCULTATION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SEDATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINUS RHYTHM; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84863997407     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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