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. 2016 Jul;8(7):E604-6.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.05.25.

Antiarrhythmic drugs in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest-what does the Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo Study tell us?

Andrew Fu Wah Ho  1 , Marcus Eng Hock Ong  2
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Antiarrhythmic drugs in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest-what does the Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo Study tell us?

Andrew Fu Wah Ho et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jul.
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Conflicts of Interest: AF Ho has no conflicts of interest to declare. ME Ong is the principal investigator of an industry-funded study involving a mechanical CPR device; has received grants from Laerdal Medical, grants and personal fees from Zoll Medical Corporation, and non-financial support from Bard Medical and Zoll Medical Corporation; and has a patent method of predicting patient survival licensed to Zoll Medical Corporation, and a patent system and method of determining a risk score for triage pending.

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  • Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
    Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Rea T, Nichol G, Morrison LJ, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Egan D, Ornato JP, Weisfeldt ML, Stiell IG, Idris AH, Aufderheide TP, Dunford JV, Colella MR, Vilke GM, Brienza AM, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray PC, Gray R, Seals N, Straight R, Dorian P; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Kudenchuk PJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 5;374(18):1711-22. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1514204. Epub 2016 Apr 4. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27043165 Clinical Trial.

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