Comparison of Traditional and Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation on Dietary Behavior and Clinical Risk Factor Outcomes: Secondary Analysis Research.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess differences in dietary behavior and clinical risk factor outcomes and explore predictors of change among patients participating in traditional and Pritikin intensive cardiac rehabilitation (CR).

Methods: This secondary analysis of cardiac registry data from 2015 to 2021 included patients participating in traditional CR (n = 420) or Pritikin intensive CR (n = 1005) at a single hospital site. Dietary behavior outcomes included the Rate Your Plate measure, while clinical risk factor outcomes included fasting lipids, blood pressure, anthropometrics, functional outcomes, and psychosocial assessment.

Induced hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; initial experience in a community hospital.

Background: Successful resuscitation from sudden cardiac death is frequently accompanied by severe and often fatal neurologic injury. Induced hypothermia (IH) may attenuate the neurologic damage observed in patients after cardiac arrest.

Hypothesis: This study examined a population of nonselected patients presenting to a community hospital following successful resuscitation of sudden cardiac death.