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MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

I recently reviewed a case where the patient arrested during transport from the Operating Room and due to lack of documentation it was not initially clear whether the patient had been monitored during the transport.  I was asked to review the case to determine, essentially, if the standard of care had been breached during transport.  […]

THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA POST CARDIAC ARREST

In October 2002, on the basis of published evidence, the Advanced Life Support Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation made the following recommendation: Unconscious adult patients with spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be cooled to 32°C to 34°C for 12 to 24 hours when the initial rhythm was ventricular fibrillation […]