Adriana Luk

Jun 21, 2024 | onlinecjc.ca | Sean van Diepen |Patricia Alfaro |Michael Goldfarb |Adriana Luk

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Jun 14, 2024 | onlinecjc.ca | Sean van Diepen |Patricia Alfaro |Michael Goldfarb |Adriana Luk |Rebecca Mathew |Maude Peretz-Larochelle | +7 more

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Apr 8, 2024 | onlinecjc.ca | Sean van Diepen |Patricia Alfaro |Michael Goldfarb |Adriana Luk |Rebecca Mathew |Erin Rayner-Hartley | +7 more

Abstract Survival to hospital discharge among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is low and important regional differences in treatment practices and survival have been described. Since the 2017 publication of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s position statement on OHCA care, multiple randomized controlled trials have helped to better define optimal post cardiac arrest care.

Jan 13, 2024 | onlinecjc.ca | Sean van Diepen |Patricia Alfaro |Michael Goldfarb |Adriana Luk

Intervention Mild hypothermia (33°C) vs normothermia (≤ 37.5°C) Moderate hypothermia (31°C) vs mild hypothermia (34°C) for 24 hours Mild hypothermia (32°C-34°C) vs normothermia (≤ 37.5°C) Mild hypothermia (33°C) vs normothermia (36.5°C-37.5°C) Mild hypothermia (33°C) 24 vs 48 hours Mild hypothermia (36°C) for 24 hours followed by 12 vs 48 hours of fever prevention (total 36 vs 72 hours) Age, years 62 61 72 67 (median) 60 62 Male sex, n (%) 1477 (79) 298 (81) 152 (64) 373 (64) 295 (83) 636...

Jan 30, 2023 | onlinecjc.ca | Adriana Luk

First identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leads to mild-moderate respiratory symptoms in a majority of cases. Multiple series have documented the variety of cardiac complications which can manifest during the acute infection phase including acute cardiac injury seen with elevated troponins, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, pericardial effusion, and most rarely, AM.