- Comment in:
-
Resuscitation. 2000 May;44(3):239-40.
Successful resuscitation using aminophylline in refractory cardiac arrest with asystole.
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]