Early Prognostication of Neurological Outcome by HRV in Adults with Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Early Prognostication of Neurological Outcome by HRV in Adults with Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest

The present data indicate that heart rate variability (HRV) analysis could be useful for early prognostication for comatose patients during hypothermic TTM within 24 h after ROSC. The value of HRV as a prognosticator... read more

Healthcare Provider Perceptions of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality During Simulation Training

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

Vasoactive Medication and Randomized Clinical Trials

Vasoactive Medication and Randomized Clinical Trials

Vasoactive medication is one of the cornerstones in the treatment of critically ill patients in shock. Shock can be defined as a failure of the circulatory system to provide adequate tissue perfusion resulting in cellular... read more

Pediatric Critical Care: A Primer for All Clinicians

Pediatric Critical Care: A Primer for All Clinicians

Pediatric critical care is an emotionally and intellectually demanding field of medicine; however, it is at its core the discipline focused on saving and improving the lives of children affected by acute and chronic illnesses,... read more

Pericardiocentesis During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Pericardiocentesis During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

In this video, Dr. Traci Wolbrink reviews the procedural steps to performing Pericardiocentesis as well as reviewing indications, contraindications and risk factors for patients experiencing pericardial effusion. ... read more

Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration and neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among children by location of arrest

Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration and neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among children by location of arrest

A longer prehospital EMS CPR duration is independently associated with a lower proportion of patients with a favorable neurological outcome. The association between prehospital EMS CPR duration and neurological outcome... read more

Identification of Subclasses of Sepsis that Showed Different Clinical Outcomes and Responses to Amount of Fluid Resuscitation

Identification of Subclasses of Sepsis that Showed Different Clinical Outcomes and Responses to Amount of Fluid Resuscitation

Sepsis is a heterogeneous disease and identification of its subclasses may facilitate and optimize clinical management. This study aimed to identify subclasses of sepsis and its responses to different amounts of fluid resuscitation.... read more

A Compression Method to Reduce Fluid Balance of Septic Shock Patients

A Compression Method to Reduce Fluid Balance of Septic Shock Patients

This article presents a close look at the Corporeal Compression at the Onset of Septic shock (COCOONs). Fluid overload in septic intensive care unit (ICU) patients is common and strongly associated with poor outcome. There... read more

Emergency Department Resuscitation of the Critically Ill

Emergency Department Resuscitation of the Critically Ill

A crash course in Critical Care! Stabilize, treat, and save your sickest patients in the ed or the field – with ACEP's ultimate resuscitation guide. packed with succinct evidence-based chapters written by the nation's foremost... read more

Early Goal-directed Therapy Using a Physiological Holistic View

Early Goal-directed Therapy Using a Physiological Holistic View

If peripheral perfusion-targeted resuscitation improves 28-day mortality, this could lead to simplified algorithms, assessing almost in real-time the reperfusion process, and pursuing more physiologically sound objectives.... read more

Resuscitation Guided by Volume Responsiveness Does Not Reduce Mortality in Sepsis

Resuscitation Guided by Volume Responsiveness Does Not Reduce Mortality in Sepsis

The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis indicate that a volume responsiveness (VR) guided resuscitation strategy in sepsis patients confers no mortality benefit compared with usual care. The methods of... read more

Sex-specific Differences in Survival After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Sex-specific Differences in Survival After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

This nationwide, population-based observational study in Japan included 386,535 adult patients aged ≥ 18 years with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). In all these patients, resuscitation was attempted by EMS personnel... read more

A Multidisciplinary Idea to STEP UP Resuscitation Effectiveness

A Multidisciplinary Idea to STEP UP Resuscitation Effectiveness

Non-technical skills and human factors are increasingly recognized as critical ingredients in the success or failure of acute care delivery in a number of high stakes clinical domains. This is reflected in the evolution of... read more

Fluid Resuscitation with PPD Attenuates Crush Injury-related AKI and Improves Survival

Fluid Resuscitation with PPD Attenuates Crush Injury-related AKI and Improves Survival

In-hospital renal replacement therapy (RRT) is widely used for the treatments of acute kidney injury (AKI) in crush injury (CI) victims. This study was designed to investigate whether preventive peritoneal dialysis (PPD)... read more