Search results for "Cardiac arrest"
Low-performing hospitals can improve quality for in-hospital cardiac arrest over time
A study found that while percentile rankings for risk-standardized survival rates remained generally consistent during follow-up periods at 45.2% of 166 study hospitals, 21.4% of bottom-performing hospitals exhibited substantial improvements on this quality metric.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/16/4.htm
16 Sep 2020
Study explores survival rates and duration of CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest
Of all the patients who received CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest, 67% had a return of spontaneous circulation, which occurred at a median of seven minutes following the start of chest compressions, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/14/study-explores-survival-rates-and-duration-of-cpr-for-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest.htm
14 Feb 2024
Epinephrine delays defibrillation, lowers survival in shockable in-hospital cardiac arrest
More than one in four patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia were treated with epinephrine before the first defibrillation, according to a Get With The Guidelines study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/17/3.htm
17 Nov 2021
November 22, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/
No difference found for moderate vs. mild hypothermia for comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
There may not be a single, optimal target temperature for all patients with cardiac arrest, noted the authors of a trial that compared target temperatures of 31 °C and 34 °C. The effects of therapeutic hypothermia could be modulated by several clinical variables, they suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/4.htm
27 Oct 2021
February 14, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/14/
Immediate angiography after cardiac arrest did not provide benefit in a trial
Thirty-day mortality was the same in patients resuscitated for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation, regardless of whether they received immediate coronary angiography or initial intensive care with delayed or selective angiography.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/01/2.htm
1 Sep 2021
New report lists 10 steps to improving in-hospital cardiac arrest care
The American Heart Association and international organizations offered the steps with the aim of reducing the high morbidity and mortality and worldwide variation in quality of care found with in-hospital cardiac arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/new-report-lists-10-steps-to-improving-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest-care.htm
22 Nov 2023
Score may help inform DNR discussions after in-hospital cardiac arrest
Patients whose Good Outcome Following Attempted Resuscitation (GO-FAR) score at hospital admission is 14 or above can be told that they have a very low likelihood of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest without some neurologic impairment, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/18/4.htm
18 Sep 2019
October 5, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/05/