Search results for "In-hospital cardiac arrest"
September issue online and in the mail
This month's issue focuses on recent shortages of IV opioids and saline, door-to-diuretic time, and in-hospital cardiac arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/12/5.htm
12 Sep 2018
Heed the indicators of in-hospital cardiac arrest
The key to reducing deaths from in-hospital cardiac arrest may be preventing them from occurring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/heed-the-indicators-of-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest.htm
15 Sep 2018
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
Septic shock, C. diff, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2019
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
Sepsis cultures, resuscitation score, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2020
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
More data on risk factors for poor COVID-19 outcomes, mixed results from treatment trials
A risk calculator, genetic findings, and red blood cell distribution width helped predict severity of and death from COVID-19. Tocilizumab showed benefit, but a number of other treatments, including CPR, did not, according to recent research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/1.htm
30 Sep 2020
Latest research, recommendations cover diabetes, clots, and remdesivir in COVID-19
Mortality was lower in diabetes patients given sitagliptin at admission for COVID-19, ACP practice points support remdesivir, acquired thrombophilia does not predict clots, cardiac arrest survival is low, and admissions for other conditions were still way down over the summer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/1.htm
7 Oct 2020
Sepsis, cardiac arrest, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2020