HealthDay News — Cardiac arrest patients who receive epinephrine within 5 minutes are more likely to survive than those who don’t receive the drug within that time frame, according to findings ...

Giving adrenaline to hospital patients whose heart has stopped is very effective, and can increase the chance of bringing ...

"These data are important for hospitals and patients. Improving epinephrine administration time, a likely correlate with overall CPR performance, may improve outcomes in cardiac arrest," said Dr. Mark ...

Among children with in-hospital cardiac arrest with an initial nonshockable heart rhythm who received epinephrine (adrenaline), delay in administration of epinephrine was associated with a decreased ...

OBJECTIVETo determine the use of epinephrine (adrenaline) before defibrillation for treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest due to a ventricular arrhythmia and examine its association with patient ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Adding the hormone vasopressin to standard injections of the heart stimulant epinephrine does not improve the likelihood of surviving cardiac arrest, French doctors reported on ...

When a patient's heart stops in a hospital, healthcare professionals need to act quickly. "They immediately start ...