Cardiac Emergencies News

• Black Men at Higher Risk for Mortality From Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea–related mortality rates have flattened for most groups over the past 10 years except among Black men.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2022
• Transplant Teams Have Short Window Before Heart Is Compromised After Cardiac Death When organs are procured during donation after cardiac death, heart muscle viability is maintained until 10 minutes after the heart stops, researchers from Spain have found.
  Reuters Health Information, March 17, 2022
• Marathon Emergencies: From Muscle Cramps to Cardiac Arrest Two physicians review the identification and preclinical treatment of the most common medical emergencies associated with marathons.
  Medscape Medical News, March 11, 2022
• Clozapine Interrupted: APA, Others Seek FDA Forum on REMS Seven psychiatric groups are calling for the FDA to hold a public advisory committee meeting about its risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for the schizophrenia drug clozapine.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2022
• Cardiac Arrest Survival Lower in COVID-19 Inpatients Survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest was roughly one-third lower among patients with COVID-19 infections vs uninfected patients, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2022
• First Recording of Dying Brain Shows Memory Patterns The first recording of a dying human brain suggests our lives really may flash before our eyes, say researchers, with the same brain activity patterns found during dreaming and remembering.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2022
• SCAI Refines Cardiogenic Shock Classification System The second iteration of the SCAI cardiogenic shock classification system is based on valuable information gleaned from validation studies and real-world clinical use.
  Medscape Medical News, February 08, 2022
• Palliative-Care Triggers Inefficient in Critically Ill Using clinical triggers to prompt palliative-care consultations in ICUs appears inefficient at identifying unmet care needs in critically ill patients, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, February 01, 2022
• Updated CPR Guidance Amidst Omicron Surge The updated guidance, from several organizations, emphasizes the need to fully protect healthcare providers who perform resuscitation, including use of respirators, gowns, gloves, and eye protection.
  Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2022
• Survival Improving in Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest Dramatic improvement in survival rates after sports-related sudden cardiac arrests are mainly a result of increased public use of CPR and automated external defibrillators, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, January 21, 2022
• Cardiac Device Interrogation After Death 'Richly Informative' Probing cardiac implantable electronic devices after death often yields important information about device malfunction, premortem abnormalities, and mechanisms and timing of death.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2021
• Some Good News on Alcohol and 'Holiday Heart Syndrome' When thinking about alcohol consumption over the holiday period, the results of a new study may give a little reassurance on the effects of the odd festive tipple.
  Medscape Medical News, December 23, 2021
• Deceptive Videos Used To Link Athlete Deaths to COVID Shots The vaccine played no role in West’s death — he died from an undiagnosed heart condition in 2013, seven years before the pandemic began.
  Associated Press, December 20, 2021
• Alert FDA Classifies Cardiosave IABP Recall as Class I The recall was prompted by complaints of fluid leaks and one reported death. The problems may cause unexpected shutdown of the device or failure to start.
  News Alerts, December 16, 2021
• Bedside Tool May Flag Brain Dysfunction in the Critically Ill Noninvasive diffuse correlation spectroscopy used to measure cerebral blood flow may be a useful bedside tool to identify neuronal dysfunction in critically ill patients, preliminary research suggests.
  First Look, December 03, 2021
• Calcium Does Not Benefit Patients in Cardiac Arrest Among adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, giving calcium did not improve return of spontaneous circulation, and there was a suggestion of worse outcome, in a new randomized controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• ACR 2021 Long-Term Steroids in RA Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk Given the range of other therapies now available, avoiding long-term use of glucocorticoids for rheumatoid arthritis can reduce excess risk of heart attack, stroke, or other poor cardiovascular outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, November 18, 2021
• AHA 2021 Earlier Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest Tied to Better Outcomes Data suggest that in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm, prioritizing early epinephrine treatment following an electric shock may be advisable, investigators say.
  Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2021
• ACEP 2021 Updated ACLS Guidelines Emphasize Out-of-Hospital Actions Updates to adult basic and advanced life support include focus on hands-only CPR for cardiac arrest administered by layperson responders.
  Medscape Medical News, November 04, 2021
• Fluoroquinolones Linked to Sudden Death Risk on Hemodialysis New data suggest an increased risk of sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients taking a fluoroquinolone antibiotic vs amoxicillin-based treatment, although the absolute risk is relatively small.
  Medscape Medical News, October 22, 2021