RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Aminophylline in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 582
OP 583
DO 10.1136/emj.2007.051342
VO 24
IS 8
A1 Elizabeth Hayward
A1 Laurie Showler
A1 Jasmeet Soar
YR 2007
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/24/8/582.abstract
AB A short cut review was carried out to establish whether aminophylline improved return of spontaneous circulation rates and eventual outcome in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest. A total of 1154 papers were found using the reported searches, of which four presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these four papers are summarised in table 4. It is concluded that aminophylline offers no benefit in this situation.