Tag: defibrillator
Clinical Applications of Magnets on Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices
The growing indications for permanent pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation have increased the number of patients with these cardiac rhythm management devices (CRMDs). Cardiac rhythm... read more
Optimal CPR Duration for Favorable Neurological Outcomes After OHCA
A favorable neurological outcome is closely related to patient characteristics and total cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) duration. The total CPR duration consists of pre-hospital and in-hospital durations. To... read more
What the Flecainide is going on here?
A 54-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department for palpitations. In triage she has a heart rate of 120 bpm, BP 143/89, SpO2 99%. Shortly after being roomed, she begins to complain of worsening symptoms and looks... read more
Mortality Among LVAD Recipients Ineligible for Clinical Trials
These findings suggest that while treatment for patients who are ineligible for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) trial inclusion should be weighed against medical management, more consideration could be given to designing... read more
Healthcare Provider Perceptions of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality During Simulation Training
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance during mock codes does not meet the American Heart Association's quality recommendations. Healthcare providers have poor insight into the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation... read more
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Mean Systemic Filling Pressure
Consider sitting deep within the hull of this cruise ship, ignorant to the outside. A leak is sprung and ocean begins to rush in. Thinking quickly you activate the bilge pump which, appropriately, ejects the ocean outside... read more
Lights and Sirens
A true account of going through UCLA's famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program—and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles. Nine months of tying tourniquets and pushing new medications, of IVs, chest... read more
Silent Space
Exhausted at the end of a busy week on service in the intensive care unit (ICU), the fellow and I are on our way to the conference room to debrief the week. The overhead code alarm disrupts the temporary lull in activity... read more
Long-term Outcomes Associated With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Adults With CKD
In a large, contemporary, noninterventional study of community-based patients with heart failure and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), ICD placement was not significantly associated with improved survival but was associated with... read more
Safety of MRI in Patients with Cardiac Devices
Patients who have pacemakers or defibrillators are often denied the opportunity to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) because of safety concerns, unless the devices meet certain criteria specified by the FDM. We evaluated... read more
PulsePoint Mobile App – Enabling Citizen Superheroes
PulsePoint Respond is an enterprise-class, software-as-a-service (SaaS) pre-arrival solution designed to support public safety agencies working to improve cardiac arrest survival rates through improved bystander performance... read more
FDA Approves Defibrillator That Automatically Adjusts Pacing
The FDA has cleared the Claria MRI Quad Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D) SureScan device (Medtronic) for patients with heart failure.... read more
Similar Complication Rate for Transvenous, Subcutaneous ICDs
The complication rate in patients implanted with an S-ICD or TV-ICD was similar, but their nature differed.... read more
