Cardiac Standstill | Scan Post IHCA?
From JournalFeed by Nick Zelt
April 16, 2026 · 10 min · Season 6 · Episode 15
About this episode
This episode discusses the implications of cardiac standstill on echocardiography and the findings from imaging after in-hospital cardiac arrest.
The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 6-10, 2026. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday’s Spoon Feed: Cardiac standstill on transthoracic echocardiography is a strong predictor of failing to achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). However, while it offers high diagnostic accuracy, emergency physicians should use it as one prognostic marker among others rather than a sole reason to terminate efforts. Tuesday’s Spoon Feed: Of patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), CT imaging revealed new findings 65.2% of the time while POCUS did so in 57.6% of IHCA patients.
People in this episode
Host: Nick Zelt
Topics covered
- cardiac standstill
- transthoracic echocardiography
- return of spontaneous circulation
- in-hospital cardiac arrest
- diagnostic accuracy
Keywords
- cardiac standstill
- transthoracic echocardiography
- ROSC
- IHCA
- CT imaging
- POCUS
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