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Timeliness of administration of vasopressors in CPR

Stefek Grmec* and Stefan Mally

Author Affiliations

Center for Emergency Medicine Maribor, Ulica talcev 9, Maribor 2000, Medical Faculty University Maribor, Medical Faculty University Ljubljana, Faculty for Health Sciences University Maribor, Slovenia

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Critical Care 2009, 13:401 doi:10.1186/cc7691

Published: 28 January 2009

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We read with great interest the report by Gueugniaud and coworkers [1] on the role of combined vasopressin and epinephrine during advanced cardiac life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The authors conclude that the combination does not improve outcome. In some of our previous studies [2,3] we identified improvements in restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and/or survival and neurological outcome when combining vasopressors to manage out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and therefore we were surprised by the results of this study.