Assertion: atropine | /r/HasProperty | ineffective
Facets:
value: equally
type: DEGREE
value: in some way
type: MANNER
value: in treatment of bradycardia
type: PURPOSE
value: in heart transplant patients
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Note: Atropine may be ineffective in heart transplant patients due to lack of vagal innervation.
text: Atropine is an effective antidote used in the treatment of cholinesterase poisoning , overdose by a muscarinic agonist (e.g. pilocarpine, carbachol), or poisoning caused by consumption of mushrooms or other fungi containing significant amounts of muscarine .
text: ACLS guidelines state that if bradycardia is unresponsive to atropine, an equally effective alternative to transcutaneous pacing is the use of an IV infusion of the beta-adrenergic agonists (dopamine or epinephrine).
text: Heart transplant recipients: Atropine will likely be ineffective in treatment of bradycardia due to lack of vagal innervation of the transplanted heart.
text: This means that epinephrine and dopamine should only be considered if atropine is in some way ineffective.
text: They are both used as infusions in the bradycardia algorithm if atropine is ineffective.
text: For symptomatic bradycardia or unstable bradycardia IV infusion a chronotropic agent (dopamine & epinephrine) is now recommended as an equally effective alternative to external pacing when atropine is ineffective.
text: Compared to non-treated controls, no effect on survival was observed and the authors concluded that atropine and hyoscine were equally ineffective.