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Post-cardiac arrest syndrome: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognostication ☆ ☆☆ ★: A Scientific Statement from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation; the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee; the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care; the Council on Clinical Cardiology; the Council on Stroke

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A growing body of knowledge suggests that the individual components of the post-cardiac arrest syndrome are potentially treatable.
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This article is published in Resuscitation.The article was published on 2008-12-01. It has received 1262 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Intensive care & Targeted temperature management.

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Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

TL;DR: These guidelines supersede the prior 2007 guidelines and 2009 updates and support the overarching concept of stroke systems of care and detail aspects of stroke care from patient recognition; emergency medical services activation, transport, and triage; through the initial hours in the emergency department and stroke unit.
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Part 9: Post-Cardiac Arrest Care: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

TL;DR: The goal of immediate post-cardiac arrest care is to optimize systemic perfusion, restore metabolic homeostasis, and support organ system function to increase the likelihood of intact neurological survival.
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European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 Section 4 Adult advanced life support

TL;DR: Cardiothoracic anesthetic, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK Surgical ICU, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, Oslo, Norway Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Critical Care and Resuscitation, University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Warwick, UK
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ASSESSMENT OF COMA AND IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS: A Practical Scale

Graham M. Teasdale, +1 more
- 13 Jul 1974 - 
TL;DR: A clinical scale has been evolved for assessing the depth and duration of impaired consciousness and coma that facilitates consultations between general and special units in cases of recent brain damage, and is useful also in defining the duration of prolonged coma.
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Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

TL;DR: In patients with acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome, mechanical ventilation with a lower tidal volume than is traditionally used results in decreased mortality and increases the number of days without ventilator use.
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Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

TL;DR: This study randomly assigned patients who arrived at an urban emergency department with severe sepsis or septic shock to receive either six hours of early goal-directed therapy or standard therapy (as a control) before admission to the intensive care unit.
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Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

TL;DR: Intensive insulin therapy to maintain blood glucose at or below 110 mg per deciliter reduces morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients in the surgical intensive care unit.
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