Search results for "In-hospital cardiac arrest"
Physician resuscitation champions associated with higher rates of surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest
In a survey study, hospitals that had a very active physician champion of Get With the Guidelines—Resuscitation were four times more likely to be in a higher survival quintile than participating hospitals that did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/4.htm
24 Feb 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
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
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
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
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
Hypothermic temperature control did not improve survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest
A randomized controlled trial in Germany that compared 24 hours of mild therapeutic hypothermia to normothermia in comatose resuscitated patients found no difference in survival to discharge or in all-cause survival and functional outcomes at 180 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/05/hypothermic-temperature-control-did-not-improve-survival-after-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest.htm
5 Oct 2022
Nine factors associated with risk of cardiac arrest after STEMI in new analysis
In-hospital cardiac arrest occurred in 2.2% of patients hospitalized for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and was less likely in those who received beta-blockers, ticagrelor, or primary percutaneous coronary intervention, an observational Chinese study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/nine-factors-associated-with-risk-of-cardiac-arrest-after-stemi-in-new-analysis.htm
2 Nov 2022
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
Checklist improved care consistency after in-hospital cardiac arrest
A pilot study found that performance of four critical tasks after return of spontaneous circulation, including performing an EKG within one hour, improved from 19.4% before implementation of a checklist to 51.1% afterward.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/checklist-improved-care-consistency-after-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest.htm
21 Jun 2023