Antiarrhythmic drugs for cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm and their effect on outcomes – A systematic review with meta-analysis
Evidence supporting the use of any antiarrhythmic drugs during CPR remains limited and is partly inconclusive. For the effect on survival to hospital discharge, a statistically significant difference was only found favouring the administration of lidocaine compared to no lidocaine. Further research with improved trial design and into novel drug options should be conducted.
Authors
- Alexander Niessner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8888-0935)
- Samuel Tobias Sossalla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8034-2673)
- Brigitte Wildner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0683-0801)
- Roman Brock
- Karina Tapinova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-4412)
- Patrick Sulzgruber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5146-0099)
- Mario Krammel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2023-6718)
- Sebastian Schnaubelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0057-8200)
- Christoph Veigl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5556-2970)
- Andrea Kornfehl
Institutions
- Danube Private University (AT)
- Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt (AT)
- University Clinic of Traumatology (AT)
- Health Awareness (United States) (US)
- Kerckhoff Klinik (DE)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EP Europace
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf289
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00