Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Life Support, Advanced Cardiac)

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167 relevant articles (6 outcomes, 19 trials/studies) found for this Therapy

Description: The use of sophisticated methods and equipment to treat cardiopulmonary arrest. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) includes the use of specialized equipment to maintain the airway, early defibrillation and pharmacological therapy.

Also Known As:

Life Support, Advanced Cardiac; Cardiac Life Support, Advanced

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Therapeutics: 5215

Emergency Treatment: 1727

Resuscitation: 10178

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: 3220

Advanced Cardiac Life Support: 167

Experts

1.	Eppert, J Alex: 1 article (04/2008)
2.	Draper, Heather M: 1 article (04/2008)
3.	Mantz, Jean: 1 article (01/2008)
4.	Duchateau, François-Xavier: 1 article (01/2008)
5.	Ricard-Hibon, Agnès: 1 article (01/2008)
6.	Juvin, Philippe: 1 article (01/2008)
7.	Burnod, Alexis: 1 article (01/2008)
8.	Moretti, Miguel Antonio: 1 article (03/2007)
9.	Timerman, Sergio: 1 article (03/2007)
10.	Cesar, Luiz Antonio Machado: 1 article (03/2007)

Related Diseases

1.	Heart Arrest (Cardiac Arrest) 01/01/1999 - "Cardiac arrest outcomes will be most improved with public education and earlier initiation of resuscitative efforts, both Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, notably defibrillation" 02/01/1993 - "CONCLUSION: In this swine model of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, animals treated with an experimental algorithm had a significant improvement in one-hour survival compared with those treated with advanced cardiac life support." 08/01/1990 - "Previous studies in dogs have shown resuscitation from prolonged cardiac arrest to conscious survival to be more effective with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) than with standard advanced cardiac life support" 01/01/2006 - "Success of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) depends on several factors: character and severity of the primary insult, time interval between cardiac arrest and effective basic life support (BLS) and the ensuing ACLS, patient's general condition before the insult, environmental circumstances and efficacy of BLS and ACLS" 03/01/1998 - "CONCLUSION: CPB instituted by EPs is feasible and effective for the hemodynamic resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients unresponsive to advanced cardiac life support therapy" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Hypothermia 07/01/2006 - "INTERVENTIONS: Basic and advanced cardiac life support, intensive care and post-resuscitative hypothermia" 10/09/2001 - "Mean time from advanced cardiac life support to return of spontaneous circulation was 11 minutes (range 3 to 30); advanced cardiac life support to initiation of hypothermia was 78 minutes (range 40 to 109); achieving 33 degrees C took 301 minutes (range 90 to 690)" 11/01/2008 - "CCR has three components: continuous chest compressions cardiopulmonary resuscitation for bystanders; a different Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) algorithm for Emergency Medical System; and a recently added aggressive postresuscitation care for resuscitated but comatose patients that includes therapeutic hypothermia and early catheterization/intervention" 10/09/2001 - "Inclusion criteria were return of spontaneous circulation within 60 minutes of advanced cardiac life support, hypothermia initiated within 90 minutes, persistent coma, and lack of acute myocardial infarction or unstable dysrhythmia" 03/01/2003 - "Bretylium was removed from Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines, and, to date, efficacy of amiodarone in hypothermia is unknown" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Ventricular Fibrillation 05/01/2007 - "The purpose of this study was to determine whether ischemic induction of ventricular fibrillation in swine followed by standard advanced cardiac life support would result in short-term outcomes approximating those observed in human victims of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation" 12/01/2001 - "OBJECTIVES: This was the third study in a series exploring whether the use of combination pharmacotherapy with delayed countershock would produce higher rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and one-hour survival when compared with standard advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) therapy in prolonged ventricular fibrillation (VF)" 03/01/2008 - "There was no significant difference either in measured hemodynamics between the groups during advanced cardiac life support and after return of spontaneous circulation or in median slope values during ventricular fibrillation" 11/27/2007 - "After the various untreated ventricular durations plus bystander resuscitation durations, all animals were given the first defibrillation attempt 12 minutes after the induction of ventricular fibrillation, followed by the 2005 guideline-recommended advanced cardiac life support" 05/01/2007 - "Despite advanced cardiac life support, he did not regain a sustained spontaneous circulation and had recurrent ventricular fibrillation (VF) during the prolonged CPR" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma) 10/01/2008 - "The use of this framework is illustrated by the present multiprofessional team training in advanced cardiac life support, trauma team training and neonatal resuscitation in Denmark" 01/01/2008 - "Advanced Cardiac Life Support training is common, but Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, and training in working as a team are less common" 11/01/2007 - "Most residencies (72%, n = 81) require lecturing to prehospital personnel; a minority require serving as Advanced Cardiac Life Support (38%, n = 42) or Advanced Trauma Life Support (13%, n = 14) instructors" 10/01/2006 - "The approaches used were (1) ATIP: anterior transthoracic in the fifth left intercostal space (Advanced Cardiac Life Support protocol), (2) SXP1: immediately subxiphoid and (3) SXP2: subxiphoid approach 1.5 cm inferior to SXP1 (Advanced Trauma Life Support protocol)" 05/01/2006 - "METHODS: A comparison was made of the years of the references contained within the three most recent textbook editions of the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), advanced trauma life support, basic life support, and pediatric advanced life support courses" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Ventricular Tachycardia 05/01/1995 - "Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) now recommend not checking for a pulse between the initial three defibrillations for pulseless patients in ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation" 09/01/2002 - "This drug has also recently been added to the advanced cardiac life support protocol for the resuscitation of pulseless ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation" 01/01/1995 - "Recent literature suggests that polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT) is more common during cardiopulmonary arrest than previously thought but responds poorly to advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) therapy" 10/01/2008 - "Type of transportation to the Emergency Department (ambulance, 32.1% vs. private vehicle, 44.5%; p = 0.057), place of arrest (home, 32.6% vs. other, 44.0%; p = 0.08), first rhythm at the scene (asystole, 22.9% vs. ventricular fibrillation-pulseless ventricular tachycardia, 48.0%, vs. pulseless electrical activity, 12.5%; p = 0.056), and advanced cardiac life support starting time (the first 8 min, 46.8% vs. later than 8 min, 32.0%; p = 0.025) had an effect on outcome" 10/01/1999 - "Antiarrhythmic drugs currently recommended in the American Heart Association's Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines for the treatment of cardiac arrest have not been proved in controlled clinical trials to improve survival in patients with ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT)" Order ALL the reference details at left...

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Amiodarone (Amiodarona)
2.	bretylium
3.	Calcium
4.	Potassium
5.	Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
6.	Aminophylline (Carine)
7.	Epinephrine (Adrenaline)
8.	Vasopressins (Vasopressin)
9.	Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
10.	Oxygen

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Resuscitation
2.	Cardiopulmonary Bypass (Heart-Lung Bypass)
3.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
4.	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
5.	Defibrillators (Defibrillator)

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