Amiodarone as Compared with Lidocaine for Shock-Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation

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Authors

Paul Dorian · St. Michael's Hospital

Dan Cass · St Michael’s Hospital

Brian Schwartz · Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

Richard Cooper · University Health Network

Robert Gelaznikas · St Michael’s Hospital

Aiala Barr · St Michael’s Hospital

Abstract

As compared with lidocaine, amiodarone leads to substantially higher rates of survival to hospital admission in patients with shock-resistant out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 346, Issue 12, pp. 884-890

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa013029

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