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ey0016.8-9 | Clinical Trials - New Treatments | ESPEYB16

8.9. A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

GD Perkins , C Ji , CD Deakin , T Quinn , JP Nolan , C Scomparin , S Regan , J Long , A Slowther , H Pocock , JJM Black , F Moore , RT Fothergill , N Rees , L O'Shea , M Docherty , I Gunson , K Han , K Charlton , J Finn , S Petrou , N Stallard , S Gates , R Lall , Collaborators PARAMEDIC2

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2018; 379(8): 711–721.In attempting to reduce the rate of death and disability associated with cardiac arrest worldwide, emergency medical workers have few effective treatments other than early initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and prompt defibrillation. Epinephrine (adrenaline) has potentially beneficial effects in cardiac ar...