Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 287-297 , June 2008

Role of arginine vasopressin in the setting of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

  • Volker Wenzel, MD (Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Innsbruck Medical University, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Tel.: +43 512 504 80430; Fax: +43 512 504 6780430.
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  • Helmut Raab, MD (Resident in Anaesthesiology)

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PII: S1521-6896(08)00006-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2008.02.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 287-297 , June 2008

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