Cardiac Emergencies

Cardiac Emergencies News

Multivessel PCI Does Not Improve Cardiogenic Shock Survival Multivessel percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) do not improve survival in patients in cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction.
Reuters Health Information, February 2, 2012
Paramedics Needn't Stand to Do CPR in a Moving Ambulance Rescuers performing chest compressions in a moving ambulance should sit down instead of standing, experts now advise.
Reuters Health Information, January 18, 2012

Top 10 Critical Care Research Articles of 2011 Greg Martin, MD, offers his picks for top research articles of the past year.
Medscape Critical Care, January 17, 2012
Resident Journal Review: Post Resuscitation Care A review of the current guidelines and several recent studies on therapeutic strategies and care of the post cardiac arrest patient.
American Academy of Emergency Medicine, December 15, 2011

Reality of Physicians' Decision Making in Life and Death Choices
Evidence-Based Nursing, February 5, 2012
Hypothermia Therapy
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 1, 2012
Therapeutic Hypothermia after Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest
Emergency Medicine Journal, January 27, 2012
Heart-focused Anxiety, Depression, and Physical Health
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, January 23, 2012
Nurse-initiated Defibrillation: Are Nurses Confident Enough?
Emergency Medicine Journal, January 16, 2012