Physio-Control and American Red Cross Join to Fight Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an emergency procedure that combines chest compression's often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest 20...
The action may be ordering a particular diagnostic test, using a particular drug, performing a particular procedure, or adhering to a particular algorithm. Table 2. Grade-Recommendation Protocol Adopted by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologistsa GradeDescriptionRecommendation A ≥ 1 ...
The proposed algorithm is based on expert consensus and has not been validated. Because diastolic dysfunction is a result of underlying myocardial disease in patients with reduced or preserved LVEF, a rather similar approach can be considered in these populations. When the mitral inflow pattern shows...
Herein, we review the specific host-pathogen interactions that contribute to cardiac dysfunction during invasive pneumococcal disease: (1) cell wall-mediated inhibition of cardiomyocyte contractility; (2) the new observation that S. pneumoniae is capable of translocation into the myoc...
Figure 3. Algorithm for Management of Patients With Definite or Likely NSTE-ACS* *See corresponding full-sentence recommendations and their explanatory footnotes. †In patients who have been treated with fondaparinux (as upfront therapy) who are undergoing PCI, an additional anticoagulant with anti-...