Search results for "Cardiac arrest"
Pneumonia inpatients may have higher risk of cardiac arrhythmia
About 12% of hospitalized pneumonia patients had a new diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmia within 90 days of admission, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/06/2.htm
6 Feb 2013
AEDs used in hospitals don't improve cardiac arrest survival
AEDs used in hospitals don't improve cardiac arrest survivalNew rules allow hospital patients to choose who can visit them
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/24/1.htm
24 Nov 2010
September 27, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/
Early epinephrine in cardiac arrest with non-shockable rhythm associated with better survival
Earlier administration of epinephrine for inpatients with non-shockable cardiac arrest increases the chances that spontaneous circulation will return and the patients will survive to discharge, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/04/4.htm
4 Jun 2014
Individual case: Anaphylaxis and contact dermatitis from electrocardiogram electrode pads
A patient had both delayed and immediate allergic reactions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/brief-case-anaphylaxis-from-ekg-pads.htm
15 Sep 2020
Tweaking rapid response teams
Automation, new team members improving outcomes at some hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/rapid-response-teams.htm
15 Sep 2015
Drug combo during CPR, stress-dose hydrocortisone in postresuscitation shock associated with neurologically favorable survival to discharge
Vasopressin-epinephrine and methylprednisolone during CPR and stress-dose hydrocortisone in postresuscitation shock were associated with better neurologically favorable survival to hospital discharge compared with epinephrine plus a saline placebo in patients in cardiac arrest who required vasopressors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/24/3.htm
24 Jul 2013
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
Registry appears to improve survival, neurologic outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest
Survival and neurologic outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest have improved at hospitals participating in the Get with the Guidelines—Resuscitation registry, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/21/3.htm
21 Nov 2012
November 9, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/