ALLMedicine™ Asystole Center

Apr 8th, 2021 - To describe effectiveness of funic potassium chloride (KCl) injection for fetal demise during intact dilation and evacuation (D&E). We abstracted medical records of patients who underwent standard or intact D&E to identify those who had intact D&E...

Apr 8th, 2021 - SCN8A-related epilepsy has various phenotypes. In particular, patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) are resistant to antiepileptic drugs and may present with autonomic symptoms, such as marked bradycardia and apnea during ...

Mar 19th, 2021 - Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO) is a condition characterized by acute dilation of the large bowel without evidence of mechanical obstruction that occurs in a variety of hospitalized patients with many predisposing factors. Management inclu...

Mar 16th, 2021 - Although the use of donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors has increased lung transplant activity, 25-40% of intended DCD donors do not convert to actual donation because of no progression to asystole in the required time frame after withdr...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - People with epilepsy have a three-fold increased risk of dying prematurely, and a significant proportion is due to sudden cardiac death or acute myocardial infarctions. The causes of increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in epilepsy are...

Apr 8th, 2021 - To describe effectiveness of funic potassium chloride (KCl) injection for fetal demise during intact dilation and evacuation (D&E). We abstracted medical records of patients who underwent standard or intact D&E to identify those who had intact D&E...

Apr 8th, 2021 - SCN8A-related epilepsy has various phenotypes. In particular, patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) are resistant to antiepileptic drugs and may present with autonomic symptoms, such as marked bradycardia and apnea during ...

Mar 19th, 2021 - Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO) is a condition characterized by acute dilation of the large bowel without evidence of mechanical obstruction that occurs in a variety of hospitalized patients with many predisposing factors. Management inclu...

Mar 16th, 2021 - Although the use of donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors has increased lung transplant activity, 25-40% of intended DCD donors do not convert to actual donation because of no progression to asystole in the required time frame after withdr...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - People with epilepsy have a three-fold increased risk of dying prematurely, and a significant proportion is due to sudden cardiac death or acute myocardial infarctions. The causes of increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in epilepsy are...

Aug 2nd, 2018 - Case 2 The patient in Case 2, had chest pain upon arrival at the ED and was administered SL NTG, with notable improvement in chest pain, but not complete resolution. With serial examinations, including a review of pain scale scores, she was given.

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.

Oct 2nd, 2017 - A 40-year-old man was brought to the emergency department with altered mental status. His roommate had found him lying unconscious in snow on the lawn outside his residence.

Dec 1st, 2015 - Standard Valsalva is safe, but achieves cardioversion for only 5% to 20% of patients with acute SVT. Nonresponders usually receive intravenous adenosine, which causes transient asystole and has other side effects, including a sense of “impending d.

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...