Comparison the efficacy of amiodarone and lidocaine for cardiac arrest: A network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no evidence that antiarrhythmic drugs can improve long-term survival or survival with favorable neurological outcomes in cardiac arrest patients. We did this network meta-analysis to comprehensively compare the efficacy of various antiarrhythmic drugs for cardiac arrest patients.

Methods

We searched studies from inception until Nov 11, 2022 through PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP Database, and Wanfang database. All studies comparing different antiarrhythmic drugs for cardiac arrest were included in this meta-analysis. Outcomes were survival to hospital discharge in cardiac arrest, survival to hospital admission/24 h and favorable neurological outcome. This network meta-analysis was performed by R softw

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101268 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature