Anti-arrhythmic and vasopressor medications for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation in severe hypothermia: A systematic review of the literature
Wira CR, Becker JU, Martin G, Donnino MW. Anti-arrhythmic and vasopressor medications for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation in severe hypothermia: A systematic review of the literature. Resuscitation 2008, 78: 21-29. PMID: 18406039, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.01.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsDisease Models, AnimalHypothermiaVasoconstrictor AgentsVasopressinsVentricular FibrillationConceptsInduced ventricular fibrillationVentricular fibrillationSevere hypothermiaVasopressor medicationsROSC rateAnimal modelsControl groupLow-dose epinephrineRate of ROSCHigh-dose epinephrineHypothermic cardiac arrestLiterature database searchResuscitative medicationsSpontaneous circulationCardiac arrestCurrent guidelinesTreatment groupsMedicationsSystematic reviewFibrillationHypothermiaAmiodaroneEpinephrineVasopressinDatabase search