B Miller, L Craddock, S Hoffenberg, S Heinz, D Lefkowitz, M L Callender, C Battaglia, C Maines, D Masick
UNLABELLED: Recent case reports have evidenced a temporal association between administration of i.v. magnesium sulfate (M) and resuscitation from prolonged cardiac arrest refractory to standard (S) ACLS attempts. However, speculation has arisen that M as a vasodilator, may decrease aortic diastolic and coronary perfusion pressure (CPP), aortic systolic and cerebral perfusion pressures (CePP), which may decrease resuscitation rates and neurologic recovery, as compared to standard ACLS alone (SA)...
August 1995: Resuscitation