Cardiac arrest of any cause may cause cytokine release and a sepsis-like clinical syndrome
Lidocaine 100 mg IV (IO) may be used as an alternative if amiodarone is not available or a local decision has been made to use lidocaine instead of amiodarone
160 In cardiac arrest due to pulseless VT or VF, IV amiodarone is initially administered as a 300-mg rapid infusion diluted in a volume of 20 to 30 mL of saline or dextrose in water
Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) • Pulse and blood pressure • Abrupt sustained increase in Petco 2 (typically ≥40 mm Hg) • Spontaneous arterial pressure waves with intra-arterial Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is one of the most challenging clinical scenarios
If cardiac arrest continues to be refractory in spite of all efforts up to this point it is unlikely that giving more amiodarone will reverse the problem
Amiodarone should only rarely, if ever, be given to patients with Congenital Long QT Syndrome (CLQTS Cardiac arrest, also known as sudden cardiac arrest, is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating
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Consider a further dose of amiodarone 150 mg IV after five defibrillation attempts
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(1% to 10%): Bradycardia, blood pressure decreased, congestive heart failure, heart arrest, ventricular tachycardia, cardiac arrhythmia, sinoatrial node dysfunction, flushing Amiodarone and lidocaine are superior to placebo in discharge rates for cardiac arrest patients
Close monitoring is indicated during Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) commonly presents with nonshockable rhythms (asystole and pulseless electric activity)
Recent underpowered evidence suggests that amiodarone, lidocaine or placebo are equivalent with respect to survival at hospital discharge, but amiodarone and lidocaine showed higher hospital admission rates
Amiodarone or lidocaine may be considered for ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia that is unresponsive to defibrillation (Class 2b)
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Amiodarone had the best effect on both survival to hospital admission, discharge and more favorable neurological outcome
14 In brief, patients were eligible if they had any of the following: (1) sustained ventricular tachycardia; (2) ventricular fibrillation (VF) or cardiac arrest (not within 72 hours of acute myocardial infarction) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤0
Methods: In this cohort study from the Get With The Guidelines - Resuscitation registry, we included pediatric patients (≤18 years The ARREST trial was a 27-month randomized, double-blind comparison of 300 milligrams of intravenous amiodarone to placebo for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with shock-refractory VF/pVT
Link Google Scholar; Introduction: The Resuscitation 2000 Guidelines recommends amiodarone as the antiarrhythmic drug of choice in treatment of resistant ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT)
3 Amiodarone and lidocaine are the most commonly the application of antiarrhythmics during cardiac arrest
Antiarrhythmic drugs, including lidocaine and amiodarone, are often used for defibrillation
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Two-person CPR for a child without a definitive airway will be at a ratio of 15 compressions to 2 breaths
Amiodarone is an iodinated benzofuran derivative that was synthesized and tested as an antianginal agent in the 1960s but was later
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Amiodarone is a potent antiarrhythmic agent that is used to treat ventricular arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation
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Overall, neither amiodarone nor lidocaine resulted in a significantly higher rate of survival or favorable neurologic outcome than the rate with placebo
Background
or• Lidocaine IV/IO dose: First dose: 1-1
Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) • Pulse and blood pressure • Abrupt sustained increase in Petco 2 (typically ≥40 mm Hg) • Spontaneous arterial pressure waves with intra-arterial The survival rate was also higher among amiodarone recipients than placebo recipients with EMS-witnessed arrest, a risk difference of 21
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The Cardiac Arrest in Seattle: Conventional Versus Amiodarone Drug Evaluation (CASCADE) study is the only randomized trial of amiodarone against other antiarrhythmic drugs for treatment of VF
If cardiac arrest continues to be refractory in spite of all efforts up to this point it is unlikely that giving more amiodarone will reverse the problem
After adjustment for other independent predictors of outcome (location of the cardiac arrest, presence or absence of bradycardia or hypotension before the administration of amiodarone or placebo Amiodarone has multiple effects on myocardial depolarization and repolarization that make it an extremely effective antiarrhythmic drug
These Key Words: arrhythmia cardiac arrest drugs Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication used to treat and prevent a number of types of cardiac dysrhythmias
In the trial, adults with nontraumatic out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest with initial refractory ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia after at least 1 defibrillation were randomly assigned to receive amiodarone, lidocaine, or
Cardiac arrest is defined as the sudden cessation of spontaneous ventilation and circulation
Introduction
For refractory (shock-resistant) ventricular fibrillation and tachycardia, amiodarone 300 mg rapid However, it is unclear whether these medications improve patient outcomes
Relative contraindications: recent surgery, prolonged CPR etc
Out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) with an initial presentation of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pVT) account for 20–27% of all cardiac arrests worldwide
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