Early epinephrine in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Is sooner better than none at all?

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 861-862

  Kudenchuk, Peter J ^a,b  

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

^b King County Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84878835247     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.05.003     Document Type: Editorial

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