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Derek Maclean
Bio: Derek Maclean is an academic researcher. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1131 citations.
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TL;DR: This book discusses Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, neonatology and Paediatrics, and any Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, which may apply to these fields.
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University of Warwick1, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust2, University of Helsinki3, Oslo University Hospital4, Ghent University5, University of Antwerp6, Innsbruck Medical University7, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research8, Southmead Hospital9, The Catholic University of America10, Imperial College Healthcare11, Royal United Hospital12, Imperial College London13, University of Bern14
TL;DR: This chapter contains guidance on the techniques used during the initial resuscitation of an adult cardiac arrest victim and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
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TL;DR: This section of the 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC addresses cardiac arrest in situations that require special treatments or procedures beyond those provided during basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiovascular life support(ACLS).
Abstract: This section of the 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC addresses cardiac arrest in situations that require special treatments or procedures beyond those provided during basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS). We have included 15 specific cardiac arrest situations. The first several sections discuss cardiac arrest associated with internal physiological or metabolic conditions, such as asthma (12.1), anaphylaxis (12.2), pregnancy (12.3), morbid obesity (12.4), pulmonary embolism (PE) (12.5), and electrolyte imbalance (12.6).
The next several sections relate to resuscitation and treatment of cardiac arrest associated with external or environmentally related circumstances, such as ingestion of toxic substances (12.7), trauma (12.8), accidental hypothermia (12.9), avalanche (12.10), drowning (12.11), and electric shock/lightning strikes (12.12).
The last 3 sections review management of cardiac arrest that may occur during special situations affecting the heart, including percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (12.13), cardiac tamponade (12.14), and cardiac surgery (12.15).
Asthma is responsible for more than 2 million visits to the emergency department (ED) in the United States each year, with 1 in 4 patients requiring admission to a hospital.1 Annually there are 5,000 to 6,000 asthma-related deaths in the United States, many occurring in the prehospital setting.2 Severe asthma accounts for approximately 2% to 20% of admissions to intensive care units, with up to one third of these patients requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation.3 This section focuses on the evaluation and treatment of patients with near-fatal asthma.
Several consensus groups have developed excellent guidelines for the management of asthma that are available on the World Wide Web:
### Pathophysiology
The pathophysiology of asthma consists of 3 key abnormalities:
Complications of severe asthma, such as tension pneumothorax, lobar atelectasis, pneumonia, and pulmonary edema, can contribute to fatalities. Severe asthma exacerbations are commonly associated with …
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University of Southampton1, North Bristol NHS Trust2, Haukeland University Hospital3, James Cook University Hospital4, University of Mainz5, Queen Mary University of London6, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust7, The Catholic University of America8, Children's of Alabama9, Imperial College Healthcare10, University of Bristol11
TL;DR: The guidelines for resuscitation in special circumstances section Collaborators1 are published on behalf of the Cardiac arrest in special ircumstances section Collaborator1.
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North Bristol NHS Trust1, University of Warwick2, Queen Margaret Hospital3, The Catholic University of America4, University of Southampton5, James Cook University Hospital6, Nicosia General Hospital7, Frenchay Hospital8, University of Innsbruck9, Children's of Alabama10, Imperial College Healthcare11, Royal United Hospital12
TL;DR: The guidelines for resuscitation of cardiac arrest in special circumstances in Europe focused on cardiac surgery, trauma, pregnancy, electrocution, and electlyte abnormalities and oisoning.
532 citations