title: Postcardiac Arrest Management.
abstract: Cardiac arrest afflicts more than 300,000 persons annually in North America alone. Advances in systematic, regimented postresuscitation care have lowered mortality and improved neurologic outcomes in select cohorts of patients over the last decade. Postcardiac arrest care now comprises its own link in the chain of survival. For most patients, high-quality postcardiac arrest care begins in the Emergency Department. This article reviews the evidence and offers treatment strategies for the key components of postcardiac arrest care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 10028, Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
authors.forename: Jon C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rittenberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 10028, Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
authors.forename: Ankur A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Doshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 15 Michigan Street Northeast, Suite 420, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA. Electronic address: reyno406@msu.edu.
authors.forename: Joshua C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D019468:Disease Management; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Critical care; Heart arrest; Hypothermia; Prognostication; Resuscitation