Title: Esmolol in refractory ventricular fibrillation<br/>Author: Michelle Hines<br/><a href='mailto:1429'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p> Consider esmolol IV 500 mcg/kg loading dose followed by a continuous infusion of 0-100 mcg/kg/min for patients in refractory ventricular fibrillation </p>
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<ol> <li> Driver BE, Debaty G, Plummer DW, et al. Use of esmolol after failure of standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation to treat patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation. <em>Resuscitation</em> 2014; 85:1337-41. [<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25033747">PMID 25033747</a>]</li> <li> Lee YH, Lee KJ, Min YH, et al. Refractory ventricular fibrillation treated with esmolol. <em>Resuscitation</em> 2016; 107:150-5. [<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27523955">PMID 27523955</a>]</li> </ol> <p> Follow me on Twitter @<a href="https://twitter.com/mEDPharmD">mEDPharmD</a></p> </fieldset>