Drone Use Plausible for Cardiac Arrest Emergencies
New research suggests that drones can be used to quickly deliver defibrillators in sudden cardiac arrest emergencies.
New research suggests that drones can be used to quickly deliver defibrillators in sudden cardiac arrest emergencies.
Administration of CPR by a bystander after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest reduced disability in patients.
Therapeutic hypothermia did not improve survival outcomes in pediatric patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest.
There was a hazard ratio of 1.87 per 1-ng/dL increase of free thyroxine for patients with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death due to higher free thyroxine levels.
Out 952 patients, 20 experienced sudden cardiac death/malignant ventricular arrhythmias within the first 6 months of the study enrollment.
Screening is also associated with certain risks, including the need for additional testing, which may cause anxiety and psychological harm.
Patients with sudden cardiac death, compared with those patients who did not die, were more likely to be older, have had diabetes for a longer duration, be on insulin, and have a higher baseline HbA1c.
Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators are reasonable bridges to more “definitive therapy” or in situations associated with increased risk of death in which implantable defibrillators reduce sudden cardiac death but not overall survival.
After merging data from 4 different trials, researchers found that >30% of cardiovascular deaths after non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome were due to sudden cardiac death.
Of the total NBA athletes evaluated, 27.4% had left ventricular hypertrophy, but compared with white athletes, African-American athletes had increased left ventricular wall thickness and mass.