Search results for "Cardiac arrest"
Drug shortages and a focus on the heart
This issue reports on recent shortages of IV opioids and saline, door-to-diuretic time, and in-hospital cardiac arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Sep 2018
Too much of a good thing?
Recent research shows excess oxygen supplementation can harm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/oxygen-too-much-of-a-good-thing.htm
15 Nov 2018
Better outcomes after IHCA with lidocaine than amiodarone, study finds
In patients with ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) refractory to CPR and defibrillation, use of lidocaine was associated with better 90-day survival and neurological function than amiodarone, according to the retrospective cohort study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/better-outcomes-after-ihca-with-lidocaine-than-amiodarone-study-finds.htm
9 Nov 2022
Clinicians should stick with resuscitation efforts longer, study suggests
Inpatients may have a better chance of surviving to discharge if clinicians attempt resuscitation for longer periods of time, a new study suggests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/12/2.htm
12 Sep 2012
U.S. in-hospital death rates after cardiac arrest declined from 2001 to 2009
In-hospital mortality from cardiac arrest declined in the U.S. from 2001 to 2009, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/08/1.htm
8 Aug 2012
Wavy lines: EEGs in the hospital
Electroencephalograms in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/expert-analysis-EEG.htm
15 Jun 2016
CDC issues recommendations for prescribing opioids for chronic pain
CDC opioid recommendations, resuscitation timing, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2016
Delayed calls for rapid response associated with higher mortality and ICU admission
Almost one-third of calls occurred more than 15 minutes after a criterion for calling the rapid response team had been documented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/23/2.htm
23 Sep 2015
The puzzle of submassive PE
Treating the middle of the pulmonary embolism spectrum can be tricky.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/the-puzzle-of-submassive-pe.htm
15 Jun 2020
Critical illness events on wards may be ‘contagious'
Does focusing on one patient who's very, very sick have an impact on other patients on the same ward?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/qa.htm
15 Apr 2017