Spyros D Mentzelopoulos, Evanthia Pappa, Sotirios Malachias, Charikleia S Vrettou, Achilleas Giannopoulos, George Karlis, George Adamos, Ioannis Pantazopoulos, Aikaterini Megalou, Zafeiris Louvaris, Vassiliki Karavana, Epameinondas Aggelopoulos, Gerasimos Agaliotis, Marielen Papadaki, Aggeliki Baladima, Ismini Lasithiotaki, Fotini Lagiou, Prodromos Temperikidis, Aggeliki Louka, Andreas Asimakos, Marios Kougias, Demosthenes Makris, Epameinondas Zakynthinos, Maria Xintara, Maria-Eirini Papadonta, Aikaterini Koutsothymiou, Spyros G Zakynthinos, Eleni Ischaki
Aim: Postresuscitation hemodynamics are associated with hospital mortality/functional outcome. We sought to determine whether low-dose steroids started during and continued after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) affect postresuscitation hemodynamics and other physiological variables in vasopressor-requiring, in-hospital cardiac arrest. Methods: We conducted a two-center, randomized, double-blind trial of patients with adrenaline (epinephrine)-requiring cardiac arrest...
June 2022: Resuscitation plus