Search results for "Cardiac arrest"
Just don't do it
Leonard Feldman, MD, FACP, takes a look at non-evidence-based medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/conf01.htm
15 Aug 2013
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 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
48 hours of targeted temperature management led to similar outcomes as 24 hours
Patients who were kept at 33 °C for 48 hours after cardiac arrest had a slight, but not significant, improvement in cognitive performance at six months.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/02/3.htm
2 Aug 2017
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021
Recommendations, trials don't find benefit from hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
New guidance from ACP and recent trials do not support the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, and a pharmacokinetic analysis showed potential problems with lopinavir/ritonavir therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/1.htm
20 May 2020
Inhaler education, hospital mergers, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2020
Manikins in training improve CPR compression depth
Researchers performed a prospective, cluster randomized trial of video-only training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for family members of inpatients with high-risk cardiac conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/19/4.htm
19 Oct 2016
Recent Research
Post-stroke depression risk, side effects from statins, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/rr.htm
15 Oct 2013
Cases from St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Amyloid cardiomyopathy, Haemophilus influenzae infection, metastatic melanoma and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/brief-case-st-joseph-mercy-ann-arbor.htm
15 Sep 2017