Search results for "Cardiac arrest"
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about “Open-lungâ€ï¿½ ventilation, probiotics use in severe acute pancreatitis, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/journal.htm
15 Apr 2008
Women less likely than men to survive cardiac arrest, receive therapeutic intervention, study finds
Use of coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention, or targeted temperature management increased between 2003 and 2012, but more among men than women.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/29/2.htm
29 Jun 2016
December 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/
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
October 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/
In the News
New definition of MI, average lifespan of heart failure patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2012
A community hospital preps for critical events
Simulations with mannequins and actors helped hospitalists at one community hospital improve their readiness to treat critical inpatient events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/free/a-community-hospital-preps-for-critical-events.htm
21 Sep 2022
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
Too much of a good thing?
Recent research shows excess oxygen supplementation can harm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/oxygen-too-much-of-a-good-thing.htm
15 Nov 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