Anti-arrhythmic Drugs and Cardiac Arrest
A summary of anti-arrhythmic drugs used in cardiac arrest and the (lack) of supporting evidence.
Tag lignocaine
Pharm 101: Lignocaine
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Lignocaine: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
ECG Case 072
This ECG is from a 49 year old. He self-presented to the emergency department with chest pain. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
Lignocaine
Lignocaine: local anaesthetic and membrane stabilising anti-arrhythmic; binds selectively to refractory Na+ channels -> preferentially when cells are depolarised (ie. in ischaemia)