Journal article
Experience with bretylium tosylate by a hospital cardiac arrest team.
Abstract
The effect of bretylium tosylate (BT) was determined in 27 consecutive cases of resistant ventricular fibrillation (VF) encountered by a hospital cardiac arrest team. The VF was sustained and completely resistant to multiple injections of lidocaine, sequential DC shocks at 400 watt-sec and one or a combination of intravenous propranolol, diphenylhydantoin or procainamide. Following 30 min of sustained cardiac massage, BT (5 mg/kg i.v.) was …
Authors
Holder DA; Sniderman AD; Fraser G; Fallen EL
Journal
Circulation, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 541–544
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 1977
DOI
10.1161/01.cir.55.3.541
ISSN
0009-7322