Jessica Nave, MD, vice president for middle revenue cycle at Emory Healthcare and assistant professor of medicine in Emory’s division of hospital medicine, both in Atlanta, summarized the updated 2025 ...

Cardiac arrest is a major cause of mortality, and outcomes after prolonged conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CCPR) are often poor. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), ...

American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines support the use of either amiodarone or lidocaine for cardiac arrest caused by ventricular tachycardia or ventricular ...

Catecholamine upregulation is a core pathophysiological feature in critical illness. Sustained catecholamine β-adrenergic induction produces adverse effects relevant to critical illness management.

The LINC trial evaluated two ALS-CPR algorithms for OHCA patients, consisting of 3min' mechanical chest compression (LUCAS) cycles with defibrillation attempt through compressions vs. 2min' manual ...

Although structural heart disease remains the predominant substrate for ventricular arrhythmia, channelopathies including long QT syndrome (LQTS), short QT syndrome (SQTS), Brugada syndrome (BrS), ...

Like much of what we see on TV, this one’s a myth. Image from shutterstock.com The quick-thinking young doctor charges the defibrillator paddles and places them on the chest of the lifeless patient, ...

Four rhythms produce pulseless cardiac arrest: ventricular fibrillation (VF), rapid ventricular tachycardia (VT), pulseless electrical activity (PEA), and asystole. Survival from these arrest rhythms ...