Epinephrine for cardiac arrest

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-42

  Callaway, Clifton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; epinephrine; heart arrest

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLACEBO; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871635457     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32835b0979     Document Type: Review

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