heart arrestout-of-hospital cardiac arrestpatient transferPeople who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest often require care at a regional center for continued treatment after resuscitation, but many do not initially present to the hospital where they will be admitted. For patients who require ...
Cardiac transplant patients may suffer from acute cellular rejection of the cardiac conduction system and, therefore, are at an increased risk of the electrophysiological effect of dexmedetomidine. We present such a patient who had a cardiac arrest while receiving dexmedetomidine during cardiac ...
Relatives of patients who have experienced an out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) experience confusion and distress during resuscitation. Clear information from ambulance clinicians and the opportunity to witness the resuscitation helps them navigate t
The patient's medical history and condition point to opioid poisoning. This young man, who has psychiatric and addictive comorbidities, experienced cardiac arrest, responded to an opioid antagonist medication (naloxone), and had symmetrical miosis in both eyes. In addition, the patient has track mar...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the most important medical method of saving patients who experience cardiac and respiratory arrest. More than 70 % of cardiac arrests occur outside the hospital [1]. The life of a patient who has recently experienced cardiac and respiratory arrest can be save...
Another patient might have developed a fever and received antibiotic treatment (1 point) but experienced no other problems and been discharged from the hospital with a score of 1. A third patient might have suffered a cardiac arrest (5 points) and died (6 points), for a total weighted ...
One patient (1.7%) developed transient amaurosis fugax 12 hours after the procedure. Four patients (7.0%) experienced access-related complications. Intraoperative complications included 1 seizure (1.7%) and 1 asystolic arrest (1.7%), both treated successfully. During follow-up, 3 cases of re-...
might arise, especially during the first year after the cardiac event.#This case report describes the sequence of events that occurred in a 44-year-old male patient who had a heart attack, survived a cardiac arrest, was implanted with a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), and was on ...
Corticosteroids should be used at the lowest dose and for the shortest duration possible in any patient regardless of presence of HF. It is, however, imperative to monitor patients with HF for increased symptoms of dyspnea or weight gain with the use of corticosteroids. Loss of hypertensive contr...
Cardiac arrest following an iatrogenic 3,4-diaminopyridine intoxication in a patient with Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1995; 33 (3):249–251. doi: 10.3109/15563659509017992. [ Cross Ref ]Boerma CE, Rommes JH, van Leeuwen RB, Bakker J. Cardiac arrest following ...