Epinephrine Lowers Mortality in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest — But at What Cost?

Epinephrine Lowers Mortality in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest — But at What Cost?

Ali S. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH reviewing Perkins GD et al. N Engl J Med 2018 Jul 18

In a randomized placebo-controlled trial, mortality was lower in patients treated with epinephrine, but more of those who survived after epinephrine had severe neurological impairment.