Association of post-resuscitation inflammatory response with favorable neurologic outcomes in adults with in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Background: Early prediction of mortality in adults after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) remains vital to optimizing treatment strategies. Inflammatory cytokines specific to early prognostication in this population have not been well studied. We evaluated whether novel inflammatory cytokines obtained from adults with IHCA helped predict favorable neurologic outcome.

Impact of right ventricular dysfunction on mortality in adults with cardiac arrest undergoing coronary angiogram.

Objective: We sought to identify the impact of echocardiographic right ventricular (RV) systolic dysfunction on mortality in adults with cardiac arrest (CA).

Methods: The study population included 147 adults hospitalized with CA who underwent both echocardiogram and coronary angiogram at an academic tertiary medical center. The primary outcome of interest was all-cause in-hospital mortality.

The Role of Inflammatory Cytokines in Cardiac Arrest.

Introduction: Post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) is characterized by systemic ischemia/reperfusion injury, anoxic brain injury, and post-arrest myocardial dysfunction superimposed on a precipitating pathology. The role of inflammatory cytokines in cardiac arrest remains unclear.

Aims: We aimed to describe, with an emphasis on clinical applications, what is known about the role of inflammatory cytokines in cardiac arrest.

Relationship Between the Subcostal and Right Lateral Ultrasound Views of Inferior Vena Cava Collapse: Implications for Clinical Use of Ultrasonography.

Background: The collapsibility index of the inferior vena cava is traditionally visualized from the subcostal region in the sagittal plane, referred to here as cIVC. Alternatively, the collapsibility index of the inferior vena cava can be visualized from the right midaxillary line in the coronal plane, referred to here as cIVC. It is unclear whether values of cIVC are comparable with values of cIVC because the inferior vena cava collapses asymmetrically into an elliptical form, quantified as the flat ratio of the inferior vena cava (F-IVC).