Journal article
Effects of prophylactic lidocaine in suspected acute myocardial infarction. An overview of results from the randomized, controlled trials.
Abstract
The effects of prophylactic lidocaine hydrochloride on early ventricular fibrillation and death in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction were investigated in an overview of 14 randomized trials. During follow-up intervals of one to four hours in the trials of intramuscular lidocaine infusion (6961 patients) and 24 to 48 hours in the trials of intravenous lidocaine injection (2194 patients), a total of 103 cases of ventricular …
Authors
MacMahon S; Collins R; Peto R; Koster RW; Yusuf S
Journal
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 260, No. 13, pp. 1910–1916
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
October 7, 1988
DOI
10.1001/jama.260.13.1910
ISSN
0098-7484