Should amiodarone or lidocaine be given to patients who arrest after cardiac surgery and fail to cardiovert from ventricular fibrillation?
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Report By: Boudewijn P.J. Leeuwenburgh, Michael I.M. Versteegh, Jacinta J. Maas, and Joel Dunning - Registrars in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Institution: Dept of Cardio-thoracic Surgery and Dept of Intensive Care Medicine Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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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
n [patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation after cardiac surgery] is the use of [amiodarone or lidocaine] of benefit in achieving [successful cardioversion]?
