Search results for "In-hospital cardiac arrest"
AHA: Improve response to inpatient cardiac arrest
The American Heart Association recommended several strategies for improving patients' survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest in a consensus statement issued last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/20/1.htm
20 Mar 2013
In the News
Staff awareness of stroke protocols, adverse events from supplements, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2016
New score predicts likelihood of good outcome after in-hospital CPR
Researchers have developed a simple score, useful in discussing do-not-resuscitate orders, which can identify patients who aren't likely to benefit from a resuscitation attempt if they experience in-hospital cardiac arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/18/1.htm
18 Sep 2013
AHA issues interim advice on temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
The science advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA) considers existing and recent evidence on patients who are unresponsive after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and is meant to provide guidance to clinicians until upcoming new guidelines are published.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/23/aha-issues-interim-advice-on-temperature-management-after-out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest.htm
23 Aug 2023
Recent Research
Post-stroke depression risk, side effects from statins, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/rr.htm
15 Oct 2013
Updated guidelines revise recommended CPR rates, compression depth
Rescuers should perform chest compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 per minute and a depth between 2 inches and 2.4 inches, the American Heart Association advised.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/28/3.htm
28 Oct 2015
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
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
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
In the News
Cardiac arrest response, readmission risk score, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/itn.htm
15 Jun 2013