Publications by authors named "Lawson McDonald"
Background: Neurological prognosis after cardiac arrest remains ill-defined. Plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) may relate to poor neurological prognosis in brain-injury patients, though it has not been well studied in survivors of cardiac arrest.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review and examined the association of BNP with mortality and neurological outcomes at discharge in a cohort of cardiac arrest survivors enrolled from January 2012 to December 2016 at the Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, in North Carolina.
Introduction: The characteristics and outcomes of patients that suffer cardiac arrest due to acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are not well studied. We compared the characteristics and outcomes of cardiac arrest survivors that suffered PE with other forms of cardiac arrest.
Methods: Consecutive cardiac arrest survivors were enrolled that were able to survive for 24 h post cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Article Synopsis
- * The analysis involved 1,416 comatose cardiac arrest patients, revealing that 44% had pre-existing HF, and those treated with hypothermia had a higher mortality rate of 75.4% compared to 53.2% for those who did not receive it.
- * The results indicated that hypothermia significantly increased mortality risk for HF patients (HR 1.69) but not for non-HF patients, especially among those with shockable cardiac rhythms.
AngioVac Debulking in Endocarditis Patients with Large, Device-related Vegetations.
J Innov Card Rhythm Manag
August 2018
As the number and complexity of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices has increased, so too has the incidence of device-related infections. Such a rise requires that the focus be directed toward developing universal standards for infected lead removal. To date, no consensus currently exists regarding the optimal management of patients with large vegetations (diameter > 2 cm).
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