Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest continues to be an important public health problem, with large
and important regional variations in outcomes. Survival rates vary widely among patients …

Outcomes after cardiac arrest remain poor more than a half a century after closed chest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was first described. This review article is focused on recent …

… (2.3-mg/kg bolus and then a constant intravenous infusion of 165 μg/kg per minute). During
… All animals were treated with heparin (100 U/kg IV) as a single bolus once catheters were in …

Background Multisite ventricular pacing has recently been proposed as an additional treatment
for patients with severe congestive heart failure. To further assess the potential value of …

Objective: To examine the hypothesis that excessive ventilation rates during performance of
CPR by overzealous but well-trained rescue personnel causes a significant decrease in …

Background Studies in animals have suggested that intravenous vasopressin is associated
with better vital-organ perfusion and resuscitation rates than is epinephrine in the treatment …

We review the physiology and affects of inspiration through a low level of added resistance
for the treatment of hypotension. Recent animal and clinical studies demonstrated that one of …

… propofol (1 mg/kg) was then administered, followed by a propofol infusion of 160 μg/kg/min. …
and the dose of propofol was reduced to 100 μg/kg/min. After 6 min of untreated ventricular …

… about 50 kg. In the United States, the 50th percentile weights of boys and girls become ≥50
kg at … Therefore, a total body mass of <50 kg does not by definition limit a person's ability to …

Background Active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with
decreased intrathoracic pressure in the decompression phase can lead to improved …