Should adrenaline be routinely used by the resuscitation team if a patient suffers a cardiac arrest shortly after cardiac surgery?
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Report By: Myrto Tsagkataki, Adrian Levine, Tim Strang, and Joel Dunning - Registrars in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Institution: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, North Staffordshire Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital
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Date Submitted: 26th August 2009
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Last Modified: 26th August 2009
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Status:
Red (incomplete)
Three Part Question
In [patients who have arrested shortly after cardiac surgery] does [the routine administration of 1 mg of adrenaline] improve [survival]?
