Importance In-hospital cardiac arrest is common and associated with a high mortality rate.
Despite this, in-hospital cardiac arrest has received little attention compared with other high …

The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation has initiated a continuous review of
new, peer-reviewed, published cardiopulmonary resuscitation science. This is the third …

Adult advanced life support (ALS) includes advanced interventions after basic life support
has started and when appropriate an automated external defibrillator (AED) has been used …

This executive summary provides the essential treatment algorithms for the resuscitation of
children and adults and highlights the main guideline changes since 2010. Detailed …

Importance Previous trials have suggested that vasopressin and methylprednisolone
administered during in-hospital cardiac arrest might improve outcomes. Objective To …

Advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) impacts mul-tiple key links in the chain of
survival that include interventions to prevent cardiac arrest, treat cardiac arrest, and improve …

Heart rhythms associated with cardiac arrest are divided into two groups: shockable rhythms
(ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT)) and non-shockable rhythms …

These parameters were developed by the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters,
representing the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI); the …

In contrast to adults, cardiac arrest in infants and children does not usually result from a
primary cardiac cause. More often it is the terminal result of progressive respiratory failure or …

When is it legitimate to exclude randomised patients from the analysis of data in clinical
trials? Basing their analysis on the desirability of minimising bias and random error, the …