Adrenaline for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 732-740

  Lin, Steve ^a,b   Callaway, Clifton W ^c,i   Shah, Prakesh S ^d,e,j   Wagner, Justin D ^a,f   Beyene, Joseph ^d,g   Ziegler, Carolyn P ^a,h   Morrison, Laurie J ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ Mount Sinai Hospital ^*  (United States)

^j MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Adrenaline; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Meta analysis; Systematic review; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PLACEBO; VASOPRESSIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL;

EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84901260827     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.03.008     Document Type: Review

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