Observational Study: In patients with shockable in-hospital cardiac arrest, epinephrine before defibrillation was associated with worse survival.

Epinephrine before defibrillation in patients with shockable in-hospital cardiac arrest: propensity matched analysis – The BMJ

Commentary on Twitter

Despite guidelines suggesting otherwise, 27% of patients with an in-hospital cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm received epinephrine before defibrillation

– and had a lower survival rate
– were defibrillated later

-> dont do that!https://t.co/BGtNW02hav pic.twitter.com/WCJd7vtnEc

— Konstantin Krychtiuk (@krychtiukmd) November 13, 2021