Resuscitation
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Comparative Study
Medication errors during medical emergencies in a large, tertiary care, academic medical center.
Evaluate the rate, type and severity of medication errors occurring during Medical Emergency Team (MET) care at a large, tertiary-care, academic medical center. ⋯ One out of 2 doses was administered in error after errors of using inappropriate aseptic technique were excluded. There is a need for education and systematic changes to prevent medication errors during medical emergencies as an effort to avoid harm.
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Comparative Study
Combination pharmacotherapy improves neurological outcome after asphyxial cardiac arrest.
To study the effects of the combination of adrenaline (epinephrine) and vasopressin compared to adrenaline alone on initial resuscitation success, 24h survival, and neurological outcome in a swine model of asphyxial cardiac arrest (CA). ⋯ In this porcine model of asphyxial CA, adrenaline alone as well as the combined administration of adrenaline and vasopressin resulted in similar ROSC and survival rates, but the combination of adrenaline and vasopressin resulted in improved neurological and cerebral histopathological outcomes.