ALLMedicine™ Asystole Center

Aug 7th, 2022 - Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) has a poor prognosis. Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in selected patients has comparable results to radical cystectomy. Results of neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) before radical cystectomy are promisi...

Aug 6th, 2022 - Many drugs carry some risk of QT interval prolongation, which can lead to life-threatening dysrhythmias including Torsades de Pointes (TdP). CredibleMeds.org identifies medications categorized as "Known Risk of TdP" but does not stratify risk in a...

Aug 2nd, 2022 - Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is the most common type of syncope. The mechanism is reflex-mediated triggered by various afferent input to the brain. The event is usually preceded by diaphoresis, warmth, nausea, and pallor, and is followed by fatigue. Wh...

Jul 30th, 2022 - Respiratory failure is a common cause of pulseless electrical activity (PEA) and asystolic cardiac arrest, but the changes in heart rate (HR) pre-arrest is not well described. We describe HR dynamics prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) amon...

Jul 29th, 2022 - Approach Considerations New-onset third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block (complete heart block) is a medical emergency. Treatment of third-degree AV block is based on the level of the block. A common misconception of an inexperienced clinician i...

Mar 20th, 2009 - The Clinical Guidelines Committee of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery provides this professional view on resuscitation in cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery. This document was created using a multimodal methodology for eviden...

Aug 2nd, 2022 - Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is the most common type of syncope. The mechanism is reflex-mediated triggered by various afferent input to the brain. The event is usually preceded by diaphoresis, warmth, nausea, and pallor, and is followed by fatigue. Wh...

Jul 14th, 2022 - RESEARCH QUESTION: In syncope patients at least 50 years of age, a strategy of first conducting a tilt table (HUT) will provide an earlier diagnosis at less cost than a strategy of first implanting an implantable loop recorder (ILR). BACKGROUND: S...

Jul 5th, 2022 - Project rationale: Vasovagal syncope (VVS) affects up to 50% of people, and recurrent syncope markedly reduces quality of life. We recently reported that it is frequently associated with injury and not surprisingly with clinical anxiety. Although ...

Jun 28th, 2022 - Therapeutic hypothermia improves mortality and functional neurologic outcomes in patients resuscitated from pulseless ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation (VT/VF), with several studies validating the safety of prehospital induction following s...

Apr 27th, 2022 - Pulling the eyeball during ophthalmic surgery provokes decrease in heart rate. This phenomenon is called oculocardiac reflex. In some patients asystole may occur. Other cardiac features of this reflex include hypotension, dysrhythmias, atrioventri...

Oct 5th, 2021 - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common form of hereditary heart disease, affecting 1 in 200-500 people. Of all the heterogenous manifestations associated with HCM, including left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and heart failur...

Mar 15th, 2021 - Cardiac arrest stemming from opioid overdose is clinically different from other types of cardiac arrest, and targeted education is needed to help the lay public and emergency medical personnel promptly recognize and respond to it, the American Hea...

Oct 13th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Cardiac arrest is common in critically ill patients with COVID-19, and is associated with poor survival, particularly among older patients, two re...

Apr 14th, 2020 - Among patients who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, intravenous sodium nitrite given by paramedics during resuscitation did not significantly improve their chances of being admitted to or discharged from the hospital alive. The study was pre...

Apr 14th, 2020 - Among patients who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, intravenous sodium nitrite given by paramedics during resuscitation did not significantly improve their chances of being admitted to or discharged from the hospital alive. The study was pre...