Prehospital intravenous epinephrine may boost survival of patients with traumatic cardiac arrest: a retrospective cohort study.

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Published in Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med on November 19, 2015

Authors

Wen-Chu Chiang1, Shi-Yi Chen1,2, Patrick Chow-In Ko1, Ming-Ju Hsieh1, Hui-Chih Wang1, Edward Pei-Chuan Huang1, Chih-Wei Yang1,3, Kah-Meng Chong1, Wei-Ting Chen1, Shey-Ying Chen1, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Zhung-Zhan S. Road, Taipei, Zhongzheng District, 100, Taiwan.
2: Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
3: Department of Medical Education, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
4: Department of Emergency, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Zhung-Zhan S. Road, Taipei, Zhongzheng District, 100, Taiwan. mattma.tw@gmail.com.

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