Amiodarone and apparently unimproved survival from in-hospital cardiac arrest: association, causation or a mix of both?
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Amiodarone and apparently unimproved survival from in-hospital cardiac arrest: association, causation or a mix of both?
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The use of amiodarone for in-hospital cardiac arrest at two tertiary care centres.Can J Cardiol. 2006 Mar 1;22(3):199-202. doi: 10.1016/s0828-282x(06)70896-0. Can J Cardiol. 2006. PMID: 16520848 Free PMC article.
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