ALLMedicine™ Cardiac Arrest Center

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Over 350 000 people in the United States experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) annually-and almost 90% die as a result. However, survival varies widely between counties, ranging from 3.4% to 22.0%-a disparity that the American Heart Ass...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Editors' Note: Prediction of Regaining Consciousness Despite an Early Epileptiform EEG After Cardiac Arrest.|2021|Siegler JE,Galetta S,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Reader Response: Prediction of Regaining Consciousness Despite an Early Epileptiform EEG After Cardiac Arrest.|2021|Sethi NK,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Author Response: Prediction of Regaining Consciousness Despite an Early Epileptiform EEG After Cardiac Arrest.|2021|Rossetti AO,Barbella G,|

Mar 1st, 2021 - A 56-year-old postmenopausal woman with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by acute myocardial infraction was successfully resuscitated by intensive treatments and recovered without any neurological disability. She was diagnosed as having famil...

Oct 22nd, 2020 - This international multidisciplinary document intends to provide clinicians with evidence-based practical patient-centered recommendations for evaluating patients and decedents with (aborted) sudden cardiac arrest and their families. The document ...

Oct 16th, 2020 - Multiple international airway societies have created guidelines for the management of the difficult airway. In critically ill patients, there are physiologic derangements beyond inadequate airway protection or hypoxemia. These risk factors contrib...

Jun 11th, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a substantial impact on the incidence of cardiac arrest and survival. The challenge is to find the correct balance between the risk to the rescuer when undertaking cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on ...

Nov 16th, 2019 - The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation has initiated a continuous review of new, peer-reviewed, published cardiopulmonary resuscitation science. This is the third annual summary of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation...

Nov 16th, 2019 - The fundamentals of cardiac resuscitation include the immediate provision of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation combined with rapid defibrillation (as appropriate). These mainstays of therapy set the groundwork for other possible intervent...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Over 350 000 people in the United States experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) annually-and almost 90% die as a result. However, survival varies widely between counties, ranging from 3.4% to 22.0%-a disparity that the American Heart Ass...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Editors' Note: Prediction of Regaining Consciousness Despite an Early Epileptiform EEG After Cardiac Arrest.|2021|Siegler JE,Galetta S,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Reader Response: Prediction of Regaining Consciousness Despite an Early Epileptiform EEG After Cardiac Arrest.|2021|Sethi NK,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Author Response: Prediction of Regaining Consciousness Despite an Early Epileptiform EEG After Cardiac Arrest.|2021|Rossetti AO,Barbella G,|

Mar 1st, 2021 - A 56-year-old postmenopausal woman with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by acute myocardial infraction was successfully resuscitated by intensive treatments and recovered without any neurological disability. She was diagnosed as having famil...

Jan 27th, 2021 - A new study has identified factors that predict poor long-term survival in patients who have survived a cardiac arrest and are being considered for coronary angiography. Patients who were older than 85 years, had nonshockable rhythm, and who requi...

Nov 24th, 2020 - A preliminary study of adults who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that included the use of a device to elevate the head and thorax not surprisingly showed again that speed matters....

Nov 23rd, 2020 - Comatose patients resuscitated after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who received an infusion of tocilizumab (RoActemra), an antibody that blocks interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptors, had reduced systemic inflammatory response and cardiac injur...

Nov 15th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, rates of sustained return of spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardi...

Nov 15th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, rates of sustained return of spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardi...