Clinical Resources by Topic: Cardiovascular Disorders

Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death Clinical Resources

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• The Merck Manual 17th Ed.-1999: Table of contents
  • Chapter 206. Cardiac and Respiratory Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Table of contents
    • General: Access document
• Family Practice Handbook 4th Ed.-2001: Table of contents
  • Chapter 1: Resuscitation, Airway Management, and Acute Arrhythmias: Table of contents
    • Airway Management and Rapid Sequence Intubation: Access document
    • Critical Cardiac Life Support: Access document
    • Specific Rhythms and Their Treatment: Access document
• Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • Cardiac Death, Sudden: Access document

Emergency Medicine Resources   See also General Emergency Medicine Resources

• Emergency Medicine (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • EMS and Cardiac Arrest: Access document

Pediatrics Resources   See also General Pediatrics Resources

• Family Practice Handbook 4th Ed.-2001: Table of contents
  • Chapter 1: Resuscitation, Airway Management, and Acute Arrhythmias: Table of contents
    • Critical Pediatric Life Support: Access document
    • Critical Neonatal Resuscitation: Access document
• Pediatrics (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • Commotio Cordis: Access document

Clinical Guidelines

• American Heart Association: Homepage
  • Scientific Statements: List of documents
    • Response to Cardiac Arrest and Selected Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies (2004): Access document
    • Education in Resuscitation: An ILCOR Symposium (2003): Access document
    • ILCOR Advisory Statement ý Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest (2003): Access document
    • ILCOR Advisory Statement: Resuscitation of the Newly Born Infant  (1999): Access document
    • ILCOR Advisory Statements (1997)
      • Advisory Statements of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation: Access document
      • Single-Rescuer Adult Basic Life Support: Access document
      • The Universal Advanced Life Support Algorithm: Access document
      • Early Defibrillation: Access document
      • Pediatric Resuscitation: Access document
      • Special Resuscitation Situations: Access document
    • Recommended Guidelines for Reviewing, Reporting, and Conducting Research on In-Hospital Resuscitation: The In-Hospital 'Utstein Style'  (1997): Access document
    • A Reappraisal of Mouth-to-Mouth Ventilation During Bystander-Initiated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation  (1997): Access document
    • In-Hospital Resuscitation (1997): Access document
    • Utstein-style Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Laboratory CPR Research (1996): Access document
    • Recommended Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Pediatric Advanced Life Support: The Pediatric Utstein Style (1995): Access document
    • Recommended Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Data From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The Utstein Style (1991): Access document
• National Guideline Clearinghouse: MeSH browse | Detailed search
  • Heart Arrest (MeSH browse): List of documents
  • Cardiac Arrest (Keyword search): List of documents

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Homepage
  • Heart and Blood Vessel Diseases Trials: Table of contents
    • Heart Arrest: List of documents
• YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Clinical Trials
  Additional Clinical Trials resources ( These sites have not been reviewed. )

News Resources

• Doctor's Guide to the Internet : Homepage
  • Cardiology News : List of documents
    • Cardiac Arrest (Keyword search) : List of documents

Miscellaneous Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death Clinical Resources

• HealthWeb: Homepage
  • Cardiology: Table of contents
    • Educational Resources: List of documents
    • Electronic Journals: List of documents
    • Continuing Education: List of documents
    • Associations: List of documents
    • Discussion Groups: List of documents
    • Consumer Health Resources: List of documents
• YAHOO - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Heart Diseases
  Additional Heart Diseases resources ( These sites have not been reviewed. )
• YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Cardiology
  Additional Cardiology resources ( These sites have not been reviewed. )