…while defibrillation (unsynchronized shock) is reserved for ventricular fibrillation, where urgent reversion to sinus rhythm is required. The rationale for electrical therapy over drugs is…

…switched off. The defibrillator finds no stable R wave, and in sync mode no shock at all is then delivered while the patient deteriorates. Indications…

…term prediction of sudden cardiac arrest. The constraint does not lie in therapy: implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are highly effective, terminating well over 99% of…

…C Blood samples Management Recommendation Level of evidence Serum biomarkers of myocardial infarction (troponin) should be sampled as early as possible without delaying reperfusion therapy…

…wake up trial shortens the time on the ventilator. See the article on confusion for the management of delirium in intensive care. Renal replacement therapy…

…arrhythmias. The Singh Vaughan Williams classification fails to clarify that the majority of these agents exert effects on multiple cardiac ion channels ( Dan et al )…

…arrhythmias. The Singh Vaughan Williams classification fails to clarify that the majority of these agents exert effects on multiple cardiac ion channels ( Dan et al )…

…ECG can never achieve, and makes it visible even when it lies buried in the QRS complex or the T wave. The whole value of…

…usually unaffected, but the shock volume and ejection fraction (EF) may be reduced because the end diastolic volume of the ventricle (EDV) is reduced. Constrictive…

…of cases. Potentially reversible causes of traumatic cardiac arrest ( Salomone et al ): Hypovolemia : Hypovolemic shock is common in both penetrating and blunt force trauma. Loss…