Journal article
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