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Editorial
. 2004 Feb;8(1):11-2.
doi: 10.1186/cc2395. Epub 2003 Nov 11.

Time-dependent interventions

Max Harry Weil  1 , Wanchun Tang
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Editorial

Time-dependent interventions

Max Harry Weil et al. Crit Care. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

The contribution by Pepe and colleagues provides additional evidence that initial defibrillation is not necessarily the optimal intervention for victims of cardiac arrest and especially when cardiac arrest has been untreated for more than 3 min. Precordial compression therefore remains the mainstay of basic life support cardiopulmonary resuscitation after sudden death. It is increasingly apparent that neither epinephrine whether in conventional or high doses nor vasopressin improve ultimate survival. To the contrary, there is evidence favoring beta1-adrenergic blockade.

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