ALPS

Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Patient / Population Intervention / Exposition Vergleich Endpunkt

In 3,026 adults with OHCA and shock-refractory VF/pVT, amiodarone or lidocaine did not improve survival to hospital discharge versus placebo.

N
3.026
Design
Double-blind RCT, North America
Endpunkt
Survival to hospital discharge
Relevanz
3
Ergebnis24.4% (amiodarone) vs 23.7% (lidocaine) vs 21.0% (placebo); benefit in witnessed bystander-arrest subgroup.
Kudenchuk PJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016;374(18):1711-1722. 10.1056/NEJMoa1514204
Diskussion & Kritik

Antiarrhythmics remain a weak recommendation; bystander CPR and early defibrillation are the real life-savers.