This section of the 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC addresses cardiac arrest in
situations that require special treatments or procedures beyond those provided during basic …

Management of cardiovascular instability resulting from calcium channel antagonist (CCB)
or beta‐adrenergic receptor antagonist (BB) poisoning follows similar principles. Significant …

Purpose Appropriate therapies for commonly encountered poisonings, medication
overdoses, and other toxicological emergencies are reviewed, with discussion of …

An early and rapid response to severe injury or trauma is the development of hyperglycemia,
which has long been thought to be an essential survival response by providing fuel for vital …

The validity of the “lipid sink” theory of lipid resuscitation has been questioned, whereas
others have identified sink-independent effects and posed alternative mechanisms such as …

Context. Intralipid® infusion is useful in reversing cardiac and central nervous system toxicity
of local anesthetic drugs, and recent reports suggest utility in other drug overdoses. Case …

Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are widely prescribed medications for various clinical
indications in adults and children. They are available in both immediate and long-acting …

Study objective Verapamil or diltiazem overdose can cause severe morbidity and death, and
there exist limited human data describing management and outcome of a large number of …

The use of intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) as an antidote has prompted significant
academic and clinical interest. Between August 2009 and August 2012, data from cases of …

Cardiac arrest victims who present with pulseless electrical activity (PEA) usually have a
grave prognosis. Several conditions, however, have cause-specific treatments which, if …