cardiac arrest Archives

Bedside focused echocardiography as predictor of survival in cardiac arrest patients: a systematic review.

by emottawa | Apr 21, 2014 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Blyth L, Atkinson P, Gadd K, Lang E. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Oct;19(10):1119-26. Article Link This systematic review of 8 studies found that when transthoracic ultrasound is performed...

Vasopressin, Steroids, and Epinephrine and Neurologically Favorable Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest A Randomized Clinical Trial

by emottawa | Jan 13, 2014 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Mentzelopoulos SD, et al. JAMA. 2013;310(3):270-279. Article Link This randomized, multi-centered, double blind, placebo controlled trial compared vasopressin, steroids and...

Early versus Later Rhythm Analysis in Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

by EMOttawa | Jul 23, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Stiell IG, Nichol G, Leroux BG, Rea TD, Ornato JP, Powell J, Christenson J, Callaway CW, Kudenchuk PJ, Aufderheide TP, Idris AH, Daya MR, Wang HE, Morrison LJ, Davis D, Andrusiek D, Stephens S, Cheskes S,...

Induction of prehospital therapeutic hypothermia after resuscitation from nonventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest

by emottawa | Jun 19, 2012 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Bernard SA, Smith K, Cameron P, Masci K, Taylor DM, Cooper DJ, Kelly AM, Silvester W; Rapid Infusion of Cold Hartmanns Investigators. Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):747-53. Pubmed Link This study looked at the...

Association Between Arterial Hyperoxia Following Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest and In-Hospital Mortality

by EMOttawa | Jun 3, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Kilgannon JH, Jones AE, Shapiro NI, Angelos MG, Milcarek B, Hunter K, Parrillo JE, Trzeciak S; Emergency Medicine Shock Research Network (EMShockNet) Investigators. JAMA 2010 Jun 2;303(21):2165-71. Article...