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Does the administration of intravenous aminophylline improve survival in adults with bradyasystolic cardiac arrest?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Katrina F. Hurley
Katrina F. Hurley*
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine Resident and Masters candidate in Health Informatics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
*
Emergency Department, QE II Halifax Infirmary, Rm. 3021, 1796 Summer St., Halifax NS B3H 3A7

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Keywords

cardiac arrestcardiopulmonary resuscitationaminophylline
Type
Education • Éducation
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 26 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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