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1: Resuscitation. 1998 Jul;38(1):39-41.Click here to read Links
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Resuscitation. 2000 May;44(3):239-40.

Successful resuscitation using aminophylline in refractory cardiac arrest with asystole.

Perouansky M, Shamir M, Hershkowitz E, Donchin Y.

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Peroua@mail.hadassah.org.il

Adenosine antagonists may have therapeutic potential in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Aminophylline, a widely available adenosine antagonist, is not included in the Guidelines for Advanced Life Support by the European Resuscitation Council or the American Heart Association. This report addresses a case of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by inferior wall myocardial infarction in which effective circulation was restored subsequent to aminophylline administration, after prolonged conventional resuscitation had resulted in asystole.

PMID: 9783508 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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