Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Nonshockable-Turned-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Author(s) -
Peter J. Kudenchuk,
Brian G. Leroux,
Mohamud Daya,
Thomas D. Rea,
Christian Vaillancourt,
Laurie J. Morrison,
Clifton W. Callaway,
James Christenson,
Joseph P. Ornato,
James V. Dunford,
Lynn Wittwer,
Myron L. Weisfeldt,
Tom P. Aufderheide,
Gary M. Vilke,
Ahamed H. Idris,
Ian G. Stiell,
M. Riccardo Colella,
Tami Kayea,
Debra Egan,
Patrice DesvigneNickens,
Pamela C. Gray,
Randal Gray,
Ron Straight,
Paul Dorian
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.117.028624
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) commonly presents with nonshockable rhythms (asystole and pulseless electric activity). It is unknown whether antiarrhythmic drugs are safe and effective when nonshockable rhythms evolve to shockable rhythms (ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia [VF/VT]) during resuscitation.
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