Increased return of spontaneous circulation at the expense of neurologic outcomes: Is prehospital epinephrine for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest really worth it?

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1376-1381

  Loomba, Rohit Seth ^a   Nijhawan, Karan ^b   Aggarwal, Saurabh ^c   Arora, Rohit Romesh ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; CPR; Neurologic outcome; Out of hospital; Resuscitation; Return of spontaneous circulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CIRCULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84946739278     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.08.016     Document Type: Article

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