scholarly journals Cardiac Arrest Centers. Joint Statement of Czech Professional Societies: Czech Acute Cardiac Care Association of the Czech Society of Cardiology, Czech Resuscitation Council, Czech Society of Intensive Care Medicine ČLS JEP, Czech Society of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine ČLS JEP, and Society for Emergency and Disaster Medicine ČLS JEP

Cor et Vasa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. e196-e199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Ošťádal ◽  
Richard Rokyta ◽  
Martin Balík ◽  
Jan Bělohlávek ◽  
Karel Cvachovec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Medicine ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Cardiac Care ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Joint Statement ◽  
Care Association ◽  
Czech Society ◽  
Acute Cardiac Care

Ethical issues in cardiac arrest and acute cardiac care: a European perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Vincent ◽  
Jacques Creteur
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Cardiac Care ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Acute Cardiac Care

Acute cardiac syndromes are common and responsible for considerable mortality and morbidity. Decision making in such patients can be difficult clinically but can also be complex and challenging from an ethical perspective. This chapter reviews some of the ethical problems, including organ donation and withholding/withdrawing, that can occur in the acutely ill adult cardiac patient, starting with a brief look at the ethical principles that should guide our decision making: beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and distributive justice. The role of advance directives and considerations related to family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation will also be discussed. With the increasing incidence and prevalence of coronary artery disease worldwide, the number of patients with cardiac arrest and requiring acute cardiac care is going to increase, and doctors will increasingly be faced with difficult ethical decisions associated with these patients. Open discussion and debate about these issues and good communication among patients, family members, and members of the health care team are essential to ensure that all patients receive the best possible end-of-life care.

Ethical issues in cardiac arrest and acute cardiac care: a European perspective

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Cardiac Care ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Acute Cardiac Care

Acute cardiac syndromes are common and responsible for considerable mortality and morbidity. Decision making in such patients can be difficult clinically but can also be complex and challenging from an ethical perspective. This chapter reviews some of the ethical problems, including organ donation and withholding/withdrawing, that can occur in the acutely ill adult cardiac patient, starting with a brief look at the ethical principles that should guide our decision making: beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and distributive justice. The role of advance directives and considerations related to family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation will also be discussed. With the increasing incidence and prevalence of coronary artery disease worldwide, the number of patients with cardiac arrest and requiring acute cardiac care is going to increase, and doctors will increasingly be faced with difficult ethical decisions associated with these patients. Open discussion and debate about these issues and good communication among patients, family members, and members of the health care team are essential to ensure that all patients receive the best possible end-of-life care.

Training and certification in acute cardiac care

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magda Heras ◽  
Alessandro Sionis ◽  
Susanna Price
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Competence ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Cardiac Care ◽  
The Core ◽  
Improved Outcomes ◽  
Care Association ◽  
Prolongation Of Life ◽  
European Society Of Cardiology ◽  
Cardiovascular Care ◽  
Acute Cardiac Care

Advances in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases have changed their natural course and resulted in improved outcomes with prolongation of life. In parallel, subspecialization in cardiology has meant that training in the advanced management of critically ill cardiac patients to the level that is now required is no longer met within general cardiology. The growing demand for training in intensive cardiac care has led to the recognition of acute cardiac care as a subspecialty in its own right. This chapter describes the concept of clinical competence and its assessment within this challenging field. It also details the core curriculum and certification process established by the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association of the European Society of Cardiology to train and certify physicians in acute cardiac care.

scholarly journals Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2013: I. Acute kidney injury, ultrasound, hemodynamics, cardiac arrest, transfusion, neurocritical care, and nutrition

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Citerio ◽  
Jan Bakker ◽  
Matteo Bassetti ◽  
Dominique Benoit ◽  
Maurizio Cecconi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Kidney Injury ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Medicine ◽  
Neurocritical Care ◽  
Kidney Injury

scholarly journals It’s Not All about Echocardiography. Open the Lung Window for the Cardiac Emergencies

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Eftihia Polyzogopoulou ◽  
Antonios Boultadakis ◽  
Ignatios Ikonomidis ◽  
John Parissis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Cardiac Care ◽  
Lung Ultrasonography ◽  
Clinical Presentations ◽  
Cardiac Emergencies ◽  
Lung Window ◽  
Acute Cardiac Care

In the acute cardiac care setting, undifferentiated clinical presentations such as dyspnea, chest pain, shock, and cardiac arrest are common diagnostic challenges for the clinician. Lung ultrasonography is a well-established diagnostic tool which can be integrated in simplified decision making algorithms during the initial approach of the patient, in order to differentiate accurately cardiac from non-cardiac causes and improve the management of time-sensitive cardiovascular emergencies.

scholarly journals Intensive care medicine in 2050: managing cardiac arrest

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 1041-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Cariou ◽  
Jerry P. Nolan ◽  
Kjetil Sunde
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Medicine

Ethical issues in cardiac arrest and acute cardiac care: a European perspective

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Respiratory System ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Cardiac Care ◽  
Monitoring Device ◽  
European Perspective ◽  
Positive End Expiratory Pressure ◽  
Respiratory Management ◽  
Reliable Monitoring ◽  
Acute Cardiac Care

The respiratory system is key to the management of patients with respiratory, as well as haemodynamic, compromise and should be monitored. The ventilator is more than just a machine that delivers gas; it is a true respiratory system monitoring device, allowing the measurement of airway pressures and intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure and the plotting of pressure/volume curves. For effective and reliable monitoring, it is necessary to keep in mind the physiology, such as the alveolar gas equation, heart-lung interactions, the equation of movement, etc. Monitoring the respiratory system enables adaptation of not only respiratory management, but also haemodynamic management.

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