Resuscitation
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 215-219 , February 2002

Vasopressin and epinephrine are equally effective for CPR in a rat asphyxia model

Received 27 February 2001 ,Revised 16 July 2001 ,Accepted 16 July 2001.

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