Comparative effectiveness of antiarrhythmics for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

Resuscitation

Volumn 121, Issue , 2017, Pages 90-97

  McLeod, Shelley L ^a,b,c   Brignardello Petersen, Romina ^c   Worster, Andrew ^c   You, John ^c   Iansavichene, Alla ^d   Guyatt, Gordon ^c   Cheskes, Sheldon ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmics; Network meta analysis; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BRETYLIUM; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; MORTALITY;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRETYLIUM COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85031492128     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.10.012     Document Type: Review

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