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Episode 21- Esmolol in refractory VF arrest
ER-Rx: An ER + ICU Podcast
English - September 01, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.18 MBMedicine Health & Fitness pharmacy pharmacist physician resident physician assistant nurse practitioner nurse medicine emergency department emergency room Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we review a meta-analysis that looked at the use of esmolol in patients in refractory VF/pVT arrest. Will this change your practice?
References:
Miraglia D, Miguel LA, Alonso W. Esmolol in the management of pre-hospital refractory ventricular fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2020; 38: 1921-1934
Lee, YH, Lee KJ, Min YH, et al. Refractory ventricular fibrillation treated with esmolol. Resuscitation. 2016; 107: 150-155
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