Which out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients should be thrombolysed?

Am J Emerg Med. 2016 May;34(5):916-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.018. Epub 2016 Feb 12.

Authors

Ben McCartney¹, Paula McQuail², Peter Garrett³

Affiliations

¹ Noosa Hospital, ICU, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: bmccartney04@qub.ac.uk.
² Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. Electronic address: paulamcquail@gmail.com.
³ Noosa Hospital, ICU, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: petergarrett@hotmail.com.

PMID: 26935226
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
Clinical Decision-Making*
Combined Modality Therapy
Embolism, Paradoxical / complications
Embolism, Paradoxical / diagnosis
Embolism, Paradoxical / therapy
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis
Foramen Ovale, Patent / therapy
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / etiology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy*

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents