Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation CADTH. Thrombolytic drugs for cardiac arrest: a review of the clinical effectiveness. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). Rapid Response - Summary with Critical Appraisal. 2013 Authors' conclusions Higher quality controlled trials indicate that the use of thrombolytic drugs does not improve survival to hospital discharge and 30-day mortality, and increases the risk of bleeding for patients experiencing a cardiac arrest. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Heart Arrest; Humans; Thrombolytic Therapy Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), 865 Carling Avenue, Suite 600, Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1S 5S8 Email: requests@cadth.ca AccessionNumber 32014000222 Date abstract record published 24/01/2014 |