Critical Care News

Drones successfully delivered automated external defibrillators to the locations of suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, according to a speaker at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

Reducing excess body fat and adjusting factors of metabolic syndrome can greatly lower the risk for lung disease among World Trade Center first responders, according to data in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

One in 6 adults would waive care for myocardial infarction symptoms and 1 in 4 would waive care for appendicitis symptoms to avoid exposure to COVID-19, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.

From 1990 to 2019, an estimated 560,203 children were treated in United States EDs for injuries that were sustained when a piece of furniture or TV tipped over on them, a retrospective data analysis showed. Among them, 575 had died.

Elevated concentrations of serum oxalate were associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular mortality, most notably from sudden cardiac death, according to a post-hoc analysis of the German Diabetes Dialysis Study.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare beneficiaries presented less frequently to hospitals for acute MI and stroke compared with 2018 and 2019, according to new research published in JAMA Cardiology.

A new study identified COVID-19 as an independent risk factor for acute MI and ischemic stroke.

Therapeutic anticoagulation with heparin increased the likelihood of survival among noncritically ill patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Among patients with ischemic stroke and mismatch imaging profiles, the performance of endovascular thrombectomy correlated with improvements in clinical outcomes, according to a study published in JAMA Neurology.

Higher COVID-19 incidence correlated with significantly higher sudden cardiac arrest incidence and lower survival rates during the pandemic period in the U.S., according to findings presented at the hybrid Heart Rhythm 2021 meeting.