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Expedited transfer to cardiac arrest center vs standard care for non-ST elevation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Cardiology Update

In a prospective, multicentre, parallel, randomised clinical trial titled ARREST, researchers aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of expedited transfer to a cardiac arrest center compared to standard care following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The ARREST study is the first randomized trial of its kind.

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Influence of Chest Compression Duration on Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival

Cardiology Update

The impact of chest compression (CC) pause duration on survival outcomes in pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrests remains unclear, despite the American Heart Association’s recommendation to limit pauses to less than 10 seconds for children without solid evidence. years, 43% of whom were female, and 13% had a shockable rhythm.

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Preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation better than that with oxygen mask alone

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Hypoxemia increases the risk of cardiac arrest and death among critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation for invasive ventilation. Cardiac arrest occurred in one patient in the noninvasive ventilation group and in 7 patients in the oxygen mask group. While hypoxemia occurred in 9.1% of the oxygen mask group.

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Which coronary artery is called widow maker artery and why?

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It can also alter the heart rhythm abruptly causing cardiac arrest or stoppage of heart function. When the LAD is blocked at its origin, the resulting damage to the heart muscle is large so that the pumping function may fail.

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Rate vs Rhythm Control in Atrial Fibrillation

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But the full cohort of the CABANA trial did not show a significant reduction in the primary composite end point of death, disabling stroke, serious bleeding or cardiac arrest [7]. The study authors noted that lower than expected event rates and treatment crossovers could have affected the results of the trial. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.0693.

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Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

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Spontaneous type 1 ECG has the highest number of points at 3.5, while fever-induced type 1 ECG has 3 points. Type 2/3 ECG which gets converted to type 1 pattern with sodium channel blockers have 2 points.

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Gender Disparities in Outcomes of Invasive versus Conservative Strategies for Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the ISCHEMIA Trial

Cardiology Update

Results indicated that among the 5,179 randomized participants, 1,168 (22.6%) were women.