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Innovative pharmacologic approaches to cardiopulmonary resuscitation
T Kelsch1, K Kikuchi, S Vahdat
1Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA.
Heart Disease (Hagerstown, Md.)
|April 27, 2002
Abstract:
The survival rate of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation is 5 to 15%. New cardiopulmonary resuscitation treatment approaches under investigation include the use of vasopressin as a vasopressor, amiodarone for the treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias, and adenosine antagonists (i.e., theophylline) for bradyasystolic rhythms. More innovative approaches include the use of thyroid hormone and endothelin.