Interprofessional collaboration and shared understanding positively impact both patients and providers. Current recommendations from the CDC and experts agree that collaboration between diverse professions is necessary to improve patient outcomes and empower patients to selfmanage their chronic conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDelays in initiation of targeted temperature management (TTM) have been observed in randomized trials evaluating immediate or delayed coronary angiography among survivors of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but whether delays are associated with adverse clinical outcomes is unknown. Resuscitated survivors of VT/VF OHCA who received TTM between April 2011 and June 2015 were identified and time to TTM initiation was described. The association between TTM initiation <2 versus ≥2 hours, neurologically favorable, and overall survival to hospital discharge was assessed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv
March 2024