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Vasopressin or Epinephrine for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The use of vasopressin in patients with cardiac arrest presenting with specific rhythms is controversial. We performed an evidence-based emergency medicine review of evidence comparing vasopressin to epinephrine in structured cardiac arrest protocols. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and other databases for randomized trials or systematic reviews comparing vasopressin to epinephrine for adults with …

Authors

Wyer PC; Perera P; Jin Z; Zhou Q; Cook DJ; Walter SD; Guyatt GH

Journal

Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 86–97

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

7 2006

DOI

10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.11.024

ISSN

0196-0644