Search results for "Cardiac arrest"
Electronic alert based on deterioration score associated with lower inpatient mortality
The pre/post design of the study meant that causation could not be established, but a significant increase in ICU transfers, a decrease in time to ICU transfer, and an increase in vital sign reassessments suggested that the alerts helped, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/04/electronic-alert-based-on-deterioration-score-associated-with-lower-inpatient-mortality.htm
4 May 2022
Ease up on antipsychotics
Antipsychotics started for an episode of agitation in the ICU are often continued through hospitalization and even after discharge, posing serious health risks to patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/ease-up-on-antipsychotics.htm
6 Apr 2022
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
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
Vasopressin, steroids during resuscitation improved return of circulation during in-hospital cardiac arrest
Administering vasopressin and methylprednisolone after epinephrine increased the likelihood of return of spontaneous circulation compared with placebo in a randomized trial in Denmark; however, given the uncertain effect on survival, the treatment is not ready for usual care, an editorial said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/06/4.htm
6 Oct 2021
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
Dexamethasone use, pandemic cardiac arrests and HAIs, latest COVID-19 vaccine news
Recent studies looked at use of dexamethasone and rates of in-hospital cardiac arrest in COVID-19 patients, hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) during the pandemic, and vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia. Also, the FDA and new research supported a third vaccine dose for organ transplant patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/1.htm
18 Aug 2021
Complications of care
ICD-10 requires that a complication code be assigned every time certain conditions or diagnoses are coded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/coding-corner-complications-of-care.htm
15 Jul 2021
Intubations during in-hospital cardiac arrest decreased from 2001 through 2018
The most substantial decline followed the American Heart Association's 2010 guideline update, which prioritized chest compressions over airway management for in-hospital cardiac arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/23/3.htm
23 Jun 2021
Preop meds, resuscitation champions, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2021