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The importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation is reaffirmed in an updated American Heart Association guideline published as a supplement to the Oct. 20 issue of Circulation.

Importance of CPR Reaffirmed in AHA Guidelines for Cardiac Arrest

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Guidelines include recovery as link in chain of survival, emphasizing needs of patients, caregivers
Patients using QT-prolonging drugs have an increased risk for cardiac events in association with azithromycin versus amoxicillin

Some Patients Have Increase in Cardiac Events With Azithromycin

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Risk for cardiac events higher with azithromycin versus amoxicillin in those using QT-prolonging drugs
From 2006 to 2017

Routine Preop Stress Testing Down in Hip, Knee Arthroplasty

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Frequency of preoperative stress testing declined annually from 2006 to 2017 in TKA, THA patients
For critically ill patients with COVID-19

In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Common in Critically Ill With COVID-19

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About half received cardiopulmonary resuscitation; only 12 percent receiving CPR survived to discharge
None of 54 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 with in-hospital cardiac arrest who underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation survived to discharge

Outcomes of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Poor in COVID-19 Patients

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Of the 54 patients receiving CPR who were included in the analysis, none survived to discharge