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Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society

Circulation

The critical care management of patients after cardiac arrest is burdened by a lack of high-quality clinical studies and the resultant lack of high-certainty evidence. Critical care management is crucial in patients after cardiac arrest and affects outcome. Circulation, Ahead of Print. Voting was anonymous and web based.

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2025 STS Coding Workshop

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

This educational event covers coding specific to cardiothoracic surgery, with concentrations in Evaluation and Management (E/M) visits, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery (Esophagus, Mediastinum, Pulmonary), and Vascular Surgery. Discuss the 2025 changes to the E/M modifiers and guidelines.

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STS 2025 Coding Workshop

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

This educational event covers coding specific to cardiothoracic surgery, with concentrations in Evaluation and Management (E/M) visits, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery (Esophagus, Mediastinum, Pulmonary), and Vascular Surgery. Discuss the 2025 changes to the E/M modifiers and guidelines. 

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2024 STS Coding Workshop

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

This educational event covers coding changes specific to cardiothoracic surgery, with concentrations in Evaluation and Management (E/M) visits, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery (Esophagus, Mediastinum, Pulmonary), and Vascular Surgery. Post-pandemic changes to telehealth will be discussed. ET – 11 a.m.

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2023 STS Coding Workshop

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

ET – E/M, Critical Care Q&A 10:45 a.m. Summarize the necessary documentation and regulations relevant to critical care and cardiothoracic surgery E/M services for 2023. ET – Adult Cardiac Q&A 5:15 p.m. ET – 6:00 p.m. ET – Congenital Cardiac Q&A 6:00 p.m. ET – 6:45 p.m. ET – 10:45 a.m. ET – 11:30 a.m.

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An elderly male with shortness of breath

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure is 27 mmHg + RA pressure. Then the patient's pain then resolved spontaneously after 2 sublingual nitroglycerine and another ECG was recorded ECG 2 at 16 minutes ST ELEVATION CONSISTENT WITH INJURY, PERICARDITIS, OR EARLY REPOLARIZATION Overread same Smith : The T-waves are now MUCH smaller.

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What is going on in V2 and V3, with a troponin I rising to 1826 ng/L at 4 hours?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Later, I was working in the ED and a patient was moved from a regular room to the critical care area due to recurrent hypotension. The patient was now under my care. This suggests that there is pulmonary hypertension and thus possibly RVH. The estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure is 31 mmHg + RA pressure.