ALLMedicine™ Pulseless Electrical Activity Center

Nov 13th, 2020 - Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but devastating condition with mortality rates as high as 60%-80%., We report a case of AFE complicating the labor of a parturient with no reported risk factors. She received general anesthesia for emergent ...

Nov 9th, 2020 - The US-CAB (Ultrasound, Circulation/Airway/Breathing) protocol integrates several sonographic techniques into a structured assessment of the circulation, airway, and breathing status of a patient during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in an ad...

Oct 30th, 2020 - Brain multivoxel MR spectroscopic imaging was performed in 3 consecutive patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These included 1 patient with COVID-19-associated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy, another patient who had a recent pulsele...

Oct 27th, 2020 - Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is increasingly observed in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but outcomes are still poor. We aimed to assess the relationship between QRS characteristics and outcomes of patients with OHCA with initial PEA...

Jul 3rd, 2020 - This is a case report of a 19-month-old female who presented to the emergency department in cardiac arrest after methamphetamine exposure. Prior to presentation, she had seizure-like activity and then became unresponsive. On arrival, she had dilat...

Nov 13th, 2020 - Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but devastating condition with mortality rates as high as 60%-80%., We report a case of AFE complicating the labor of a parturient with no reported risk factors. She received general anesthesia for emergent ...

Nov 9th, 2020 - The US-CAB (Ultrasound, Circulation/Airway/Breathing) protocol integrates several sonographic techniques into a structured assessment of the circulation, airway, and breathing status of a patient during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in an ad...

Oct 30th, 2020 - Brain multivoxel MR spectroscopic imaging was performed in 3 consecutive patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These included 1 patient with COVID-19-associated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy, another patient who had a recent pulsele...

Oct 27th, 2020 - Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is increasingly observed in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but outcomes are still poor. We aimed to assess the relationship between QRS characteristics and outcomes of patients with OHCA with initial PEA...

Jul 3rd, 2020 - This is a case report of a 19-month-old female who presented to the emergency department in cardiac arrest after methamphetamine exposure. Prior to presentation, she had seizure-like activity and then became unresponsive. On arrival, she had dilat...

Nov 13th, 2017 - Predictors showing utility Several clinical factors predicted poor cerebral outcome with low false-positive rates: Unwitnessed cardiac arrest had a false-positive rate of only 4%; initial presentation in asystole or with pulseless electrical activ.

Nov 10th, 2017 - Case Presentations Case 1: Smoke Inhalation (Carbon Monoxide and Cyanide) A 50-year-old woman was pulled from the window of a burning building and found to be in cardiac arrest with pulseless electrical activity. Standard advanced cardiac life-sup.

Nov 18th, 2015 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves survival and neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest in patients with initially nonshockable rhythms, according to results from a retrospective cohort study. Previous randomized...

Dec 18th, 2014 - Pulseless Electrical Activity A Simplified and Structured Teaching Tool for the Evaluation and Management of Pulseless Electrical Activity Littmann L, Bustin DJ, Haley MW Med Princ Prac. 2014;23:1-6 Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is the prese...

Feb 1st, 2014 - A 64-year-old man with chronic kidney disease and recent upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage suffered pulseless electrical activity and cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was started, with three attempted but failed electrical cardioversi.