Search Tag: cardiac arrest
2025 22 Apr
Tracheal intubation (TI) is a critical procedure used in emergency departments (EDs) and ICUs worldwide, though it carries significant risks, especially in resource-limited settings. Major adverse events (MAEs) like haemodynamic instability, severe hypoxaemia, and cardiac arrest are common during the peri-intubation period and are associated with worse...Read more
2024 30 Jul
When it comes to treating cardiac arrest, swift action can be the crucial factor between life and death. Researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University have introduced a groundbreaking scoring model that uses only prehospital resuscitation data to accurately predict neurological outcomes for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)....Read more
2023 27 Aug
A recent trial involving all hospitals in London, U.K., reports no disparity in survival at 30 days in patients with resuscitated cardiac arrest who were transported by ambulance to a cardiac arrest centre or the nearest emergency department. These findings were presented during a Hot Line session at the ESC Congress 2023. Sudden cardiac arrest...Read more
2023 24 May
Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury following cardiac arrest (CA) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST) is a common cause of death in these cases. Prognostication plays a crucial role. Current guidelines, such as those from ESICM, propose a multimodal approach combining clinical examination,...Read more
2023 15 Feb
According to a study published in the journal Vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines have not been linked to an increased risk of serious adverse events such as heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, myocarditis, pericarditis, and deep vein thrombosis. The study, which was coordinated by Lamberto Manzoli, a medical epidemiologist and professor at the University...Read more
2022 08 Dec
Current applications and limitations of critical care echocardiography in the critical care context and its use in guiding the care of the critically ill patient. Echocardiography in the ICU Echocardiography is currently considered an essential diagnostic tool at the disposal of the intensivist – a significant change from less than two decades...Read more
2022 08 Dec
This article aims to discuss the specific role of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the diagnosis and management of pathology in the critical care setting, as well as a specific tool to aid in invasive procedures. We discuss the ABCDE assessment of patients within critical care using POCUS. Introduction Since its introduction,...Read more
2022 08 Dec
This article aims to discuss the specific role of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the diagnosis and management of pathology in the critical care setting, as well as a specific tool to aid in invasive procedures. We discuss the ABCDE assessment of patients within critical care using POCUS. Introduction Since its introduction,...Read more
2022 20 May
Researchers in New Taipei City, Taiwan, recently published evidence in BMC Emergency Medicine showing that venous pooling of contrast agent (CAP) predicted an imminent cardiac arrest. The study evaluated all emergency department patients from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018 who received contrast computed tomography and then experienced cardiac...Read more
2022 08 Feb
The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) have released new guidelines on temperature control after cardiac arrest in adults. The term Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) is used to describe temperature control after cardiac arrest. However, recently the Advanced Life Support (ALS) Task...Read more
2021 14 Jun
Christian Eriksen, a 29-year-old football player for Denmark, recently collapsed in front of tens of thousands of spectators during the Euro2020 match between Denmark and Finland. Doctors have confirmed that he suffered cardiac arrest and was revived with an electrical shock. According to preliminary reports, Eriksen’s heart stopped beating. However,...Read more
2021 23 Feb
A recent report evaluates the characteristics and outcomes among cardiac arrest cases with COVID-19 and the differences between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) and in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) during the pre-pandemic and the pandemic period. Several reports demonstrate an increased risk of OHCA during the pandemic. A study from Paris...Read more
2021 08 Feb
Findings from a new survey published in the European Heart Journal show that sudden cardiac arrest is more often fatal in people with COVID-19. These results should be a wake-up call for the public as well as care providers. The survey covered 3026 cases of sudden cardiac arrest reported to the Swedish Registry for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation...Read more
2020 24 Nov
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) are associated with very high rates of mortality and poor cognitive outcome. This paper reviews long-term outcomes post OHCA and the pre-hospitalisation factors that predict them. Introduction Cardiac arrest is among the most common health emergencies worldwide, suffered by over a half million...Read more
2020 11 Jan
Post-anoxic brain damage after cardiac arrest is a complex condition that is managed through targeted temperature management (TTM) as it is currently the only neuroprotective intervention recommended after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, experts have raised concerns about the level of evidence supporting this intervention. Two early...Read more
2019 22 Aug
Delays in transferring patients from the Emergency Department (ED) to the ICU could delay treatment, leaving the patient at risk. A recent study explored the impact of this and found that increased ED to ICU wait times were associated with increased hospital mortality. Data was used from the Dutch quality registry National Intensive Care Evaluation,...Read more
2019 29 May
Nearly 600,000 people in the US and Europe combined sustain an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) annually. OHCA is a life-threatening condition, and in order to improve survival rates, it is imperative that it is recognised rapidly by medical dispatchers. Accurate recognition of OHCA either by a bystander or a dispatcher is essential for initiation...Read more
2019 10 Apr
In patients who recover consciousness after cardiac arrest (CA), a subsequent death from non-neurological causes may confound the assessment of long-term neurological outcome. Researchers developed the so-called “Best CPC” (i.e., as for Cerebral Performance Category) project with the aim to assess the prevalence and causes of death after awakening...Read more
2019 27 Mar
A new study by the European Sudden Cardiac Arrest network (ESCAPE-NET) has found that a widely used heart drug, nifedipine, is associated with an increased risk of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. Nifedipine is often used to treat high blood pressure and angina (chest pain). But ESCAPE-NET researchers urged caution when interpreting these results,...Read more
2019 06 Mar
Organ dysfunction is common after cardiac arrest and associated with worse short-term outcome. New research shows that extracerebral organ failure, measured as the 24 hour-EC-SOFA score, is also an important contributor to both long-term outcome and increased healthcare-associated costs in cardiac arrest patients. For this retrospective...Read more
2019 15 Feb
Emergency medical dispatchers fail to identify approximately 25% of cases of out of hospital cardiac arrest, thus lose the opportunity to provide the caller instructions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This study examined whether a machine learning framework could recognize out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from audio files of calls to the emergency...Read more
2018 04 Dec
Cardiac arrest, a leading cause of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), is associated with high mortality. Current illness severity scores perform poorly in predicting survival for this patient group. New research from Australia shows machine learning (ML) techniques can significantly increase the accuracy of estimating survival for ICU patients...Read more