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What Is the Best Defibrillation Strategy for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation?

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1 Overall, survival is poor following cardiac arrest, and is affected by factors including age, comorbidities, witnessed arrest, early CPR, early defibrillation, and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). 2018;13(9):e0204169. Margey R, Browne L, Murphy E, et al. Emmerson AC, Whitbread M, Fothergill RT.

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AHA/NCS Statement on Critical Care Management of Post ROSC Patients

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The neurologic section was divided into (1) brain oxygenation, perfusion, edema, and intracranial pressure (ICP); (2) seizures and the ictal-interictal continuum (IIC); and (3) sedation and analgesia. Reference: Hirsch KG, Abella BS, Amorim E, et al; American Heart Association, Neurocritical Care Society. 2023 Dec 1.

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Extreme shock and cardiac arrest in COVID patient

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He underwent CPR, and regained a pulse after epinephrine, with an organized narrow complex rhythm at 140, but still with severe shock. Here they are: Learning Points: 1. Type 1 and 2 Myocardial Infarction and Myocardial Injury: Clinical Transition to High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I. Am J Med [Internet] 2017;130(12):1431–9.e4.

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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

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1:45, case start To orient you to this screen, the top is obviously ECG waveforms. 1:51, diagnostic RCA angiography At this point, the patient very clearly has a diagnosis of OMI, especially since we visualized embolism within the PDA. & Falk, E. Papadopoulou, E., link] Falk, E., We will never know for certain.

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