Is there a role for adrenaline during cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-174

  Nolan, Jerry P ^a   Perkins, Gavin D ^b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Epinephrine; Outcome; Return of spontaneous circulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877786938     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328360ec51     Document Type: Review

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