Search results for "Resuscitation"
‘The pause’ allows for moment of silence after a patient death
The RN who developed it sees it as “a means of honoring a patient after they pass away”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/q-and-a-the-pause.htm
15 Jan 2016
Update in hospital medicine highlights sepsis, community-acquired pneumonia
New research could help guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/update.htm
15 Jul 2008
AHA updates guidelines on use of antiarrhythmic drugs during and after cardiac arrest
Amiodarone or lidocaine may be considered for ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia that is unresponsive to defibrillation, the American Heart Association (AHA) now recommends.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/14/1.htm
14 Nov 2018
3 Wishes, penalties, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/in-the-news.htm
15 Apr 2020
Balanced crystalloids reduced kidney events compared to saline in two studies
A composite endpoint of death from any cause, new renal-replacement therapy, or doubling of creatinine level was lower among patients who got balanced crystalloids in the ED or ICU than those who got saline.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/07/1.htm
7 Mar 2018
Therapeutic hypothermia, HAI network, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2020
Intubation after in-hospital cardiac arrest not associated with benefit, study finds
The observational cohort study used the Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry to match patients who were intubated within 15 minutes of in-hospital cardiac arrest to patients who were not intubated in the same minute after arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/08/2.htm
8 Feb 2017
Malnutrition, diuretics, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2021
Score predicts risk of cardiovascular death in patients who survive CPR
The factors in the new score are pre-existing coronary artery disease, nonshockable rhythm, initial ejection fraction below 30%, shock at presentation, and ischemic time above 25 minutes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/01/3.htm
1 Nov 2017
In the News
Algorithm to rule in or rule out acute MI, feedback and daily lab orders, fecal transplant for Clostridium difficile, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2015