Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Life Support, Advanced Cardiac)

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.

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Networked: 353 relevant articles (10 outcomes, 29 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Berg, Robert A: 4 articles (01/2022 - 11/2007)
2.	Moitra, Vivek K: 4 articles (01/2022 - 06/2012)
3.	Sasson, Comilla: 4 articles (01/2022 - 04/2010)
4.	Sayre, Michael R: 4 articles (01/2022 - 01/2003)
5.	Atkins, Dianne L: 3 articles (01/2022 - 11/2012)
6.	Becker, Lance B: 3 articles (01/2022 - 12/2014)
7.	Bhanji, Farhan: 3 articles (01/2022 - 05/2011)
8.	Kudenchuk, Peter J: 3 articles (01/2022 - 11/2012)
9.	Lavonas, Eric J: 3 articles (01/2022 - 03/2017)
10.	Sutton, Robert M: 3 articles (01/2022 - 12/2014)

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. " 01/01/2014 - "Adherence to advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) guidelines during in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is associated with improved outcomes, but current evidence shows that sub-optimal care is common. " 04/01/2011 - "Little data exists on whether the physicians' skills in responding to cardiac arrest are fully developed after the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) course, or if there is a significant improvement in their performance after an initial learning curve. " 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. "
2.	Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 01/01/2020 - "Alternative methods that reduce the advanced cardiac life support duration should be considered to prevent re-arrest and attain good outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. " 02/01/1993 - "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." 09/18/2023 - "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of real-time audio ventilation feedback on the survival of patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) during advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) performed by paramedics. " 01/01/2023 - "This study aimed to investigate the effects of adding advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) training to an existing basic life support program and the operation of a designated team response for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) on prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and ACLS management. " 01/01/2023 - "Effects of a Designated Ambulance Team Response on Prehospital Return of Spontaneous Circulation and Advanced Cardiac Life Support of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Nationwide Natural Experimental Study."
3.	Ventricular Fibrillation 10/06/2023 - "Data from a 2014 study on advanced cardiac life support for ventricular fibrillation with extracorporeal circulation in Japan (SAVE-J), which examined the efficacy of ECPR for refractory VF/pVT, were analyzed. " 04/01/2023 - "This was a secondary analysis of data from the Study of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Ventricular Fibrillation with Extracorporeal Circulation in Japan (SAVE-J) II study. " 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 - "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). " 03/01/2022 - "Despite receiving appropriate advanced cardiac life support, including three defibrillations, he remained in refractory ventricular fibrillation. "
4.	Hypothermia 07/01/2006 - "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). " 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. "
5.	Ventricular Tachycardia 03/10/2022 - "Refractory VF, or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pVT), refers to cases that do not respond to traditional advanced cardiac life-support (ACLS) measures, and it has a low survival rate. " 06/23/2020 - "Unfortunately, 27 days after admission, he presented ventricular tachycardia arrest and did not respond to aggressive advanced cardiac life support measures.  A high index of suspicion is required for the early diagnosis, which in turn allows the physician to prevent complications of this condition. " 08/01/2018 - "Patients presenting with shockable rhythm (e.g., VF, unstable ventricular tachycardia) have the best prognosis for survival and usually require diversion of the aircraft for advanced cardiac life support (ACLS). " 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. " 01/01/2020 - "Refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) refers to cases that do not respond to traditional Advanced Cardiac Life Support measures and are associated with significantly lower survival rates. "

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Amiodarone (Amiodarona)
2.	bretylium
3.	Calcium
4.	Aminophylline (Carine)
5.	Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
6.	Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
7.	Potassium
8.	Lipids
9.	Insulin (Novolin)
10.	Emulsions

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Resuscitation
2.	Therapeutics
3.	Extracorporeal Circulation
4.	Cardiopulmonary Bypass (Heart-Lung Bypass)
5.	Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation