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Epinephrine compared to placebo in cardiac arrest resuscitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Tudor Botnaru*
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine Residency Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
Jerrald Dankoff
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC
*
Emergency Medicine Residency Program, McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Avenue West, Room A4.62, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1;tudor.botnaru@mail.mcgill.ca

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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