Acute cardiac care & resuscitationGuideline or statement

2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

CirculationPublished

  • Guideline focused update

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Guidelines for treatment of critical poisoning from benzodiazepines, β-blockers, calcium channel blockers, cocaine, cyanide, digoxin and related cardiac glycosides, local anesthetics, methemoglobinemia, opioids, organophosphates and carbamates, sodium channel blockers and sympathomimetics

  2. Recommendations for the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Original publication

2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. Published 18 September 2023. doi:10.1161/cir.0000000000001161

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