Nuevos artículos de interés que destacamos para este mes de Junio. Repasamos las recomendaciones de mejora en la RCP, los factores predictores del pronóstico en pacientes sometidos a hipotermia tras la PCR, la fibrinolisis en el ACVA isquémico, una revisión extensa sobre los anticoagulantes en el Sd Coronario Agudo, infecciones relacionadas con catéter y Neumonía asociada a la ventilación mecánica. Os recordamos que existe un enlace directo a las revistas más habituales de nuestra especialidad.

Implementation Strategies for Improving Survival After Out-of-Hospital  Cardiac Arrest in the United States: Consensus Recommendations From the 2009 American Heart Association Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit.

Robert W. Neumar, Janice M. Barnhart, Robert A. Bergadin, Russell V. Luepker, L. Kristin Newby, Michael R. Sayre, Graham Nichol on behalf of the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care,

Perioperative, and Resuscitation, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Quality of Circulation

Circulation. 2011;123: 00-00

Anticoagulant Agents in Acute Coronary Syndromes  

Rahul Sakhuja, Robert W. Yeh, Deepak L. Bhatt

Current Problems in Cardiology. Pages 127-168

Acute stroke thrombolysis: time to dispense with the clock and move to tissue-based decision making?

Bivard A, Spratt N, Levi CR, Parsons MW.

Expert RevCardiovasc Ther. 2011 Apr;9(4):451-61.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia as a model for approaching cost-effectiveness and infection prevention in the ICU.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2011 May 16.

Prevention of catheter-related infection: toward zero risk?

Zingg W, Walder B, Pittet D.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2011 May 16.

Impact of guideline-consistent therapy on outcome of patients with healthcare-associated and community-acquired pneumonia.

Grenier C, Pépin J, Nault V, Howson J, Fournier X, Poirier MS, Cabana J, Craig C, Beaudoin M, Valiquette L.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 May 17.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill stroke patients: Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes.

Yusuke Kasuya, James L. Hargett, Rainer Lenhardt, Michael F. Heine, Anthony G. Doufas, Kerri S. Remmel, Julio A. Ramirez, Ozan Akça

Journal of Critical Care. June 2011, Pages 273-279

Predictors of poor neurologic outcome in patients after cardiac arrest treated with hypothermia: A retrospective study.

Resuscitation. 2011 Jun;82(6):696-701