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Is epinephrine still the drug of choice during cardiac arrest in the emergency department of the hospital? A meta-analysis Cover

Is epinephrine still the drug of choice during cardiac arrest in the emergency department of the hospital? A meta-analysis

By: Min Hou,  Su Dong,  Qing Kan,  Meng Ouyang and  Yun Zhang  
Open Access
|Sep 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2023-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1846-9558 | Journal ISSN: 1330-0075
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