Epinephrine for cardiac arrest: are we doing more harm than good?

Anesthesiology. 2014 Apr;120(4):792-4. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000032.

Authors

Vijay Krishnamoorthy¹, Monica S Vavilala, Michael R Fettiplace, Guy Weinberg

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (V.K., M.S.V.) and the Department of Neurosurgery (M.S.V.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (M.R.F.); and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (G.W.).

PMID: 24135580
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000032

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / administration & dosage
Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / adverse effects
Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / therapeutic use*
Animals
Dogs
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Administration Schedule
Epinephrine / administration & dosage
Epinephrine / adverse effects
Epinephrine / therapeutic use*
Heart Arrest / drug therapy*
Humans

Substances

Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
Epinephrine