In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation

GE Taffet, TA Teasdale, RJ Luchi - Jama, 1988 - jamanetwork.com
A retrospective review of 399 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts in 329 veterans
was performed to evaluate the observation that few geriatric patients were discharged alive …

Myocardial bridges in man: clinical correlations and angiographic accentuation with nitroglycerin

…, RA Chahine, M Awdeh, RJ Luchi - Catheterization and …, 1977 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known of the clinical significance of myocardial bridges, which may be recognized
angiographically as systolic coronary artery narrowing (SCAN). A retrospective review of a 1 …

Heart failure: evaluation and care of patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

…, M Jessup, JC Johnson, RH Jones, RJ Luchi… - Journal of Cardiac …, 1995 - Elsevier
Practitioners should perform a chest radiograph, electrocardiogram, complete blood count,
serum electrolytes, serum creatinine, serum albumin, liver function tests, and urinalysis for all …

Comparison of medical and surgical treatment for unstable angina pectoris

RJ Luchi, SM Scott, RH Deupree… - … England Journal of …, 1987 - Mass Medical Soc
We conducted a multicenter, randomized, prospective study comparing medical therapy
alone with coronary-artery bypass surgery plus medical therapy in 468 men with unstable …

VA Study of Unstable Angina. 10-year results show duration of surgical advantage for patients with impaired ejection fraction.

SM Scott, RH Deupree, GV Sharma, RJ Luchi - Circulation, 1994 - europepmc.org
Background In a randomized study of unstable angina, medically treated patients with impaired
left ventricular (LV) ejection fractions (EF= 0.3 to 0.58) were at significantly higher risk of …

Left ventricular function in hospitalized geriatric patients

RJ LUCHI, E SNOW, JM LUCHI… - Journal of the …, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
Left ventricular ejection fraction was measured by gated wall motion in 62 patients, 75 years
old or older, admitted to a Geriatric Acute Assessment Ward. From this group, 42 patients …

Vertebral osteomyelitis: still a diagnostic pitfall

…, SB Thorsteinsson, JN Minuth, RJ Luchi - Archives of internal …, 1976 - jamanetwork.com
Vertebral osteomyelitis is still a diagnostic problem. Nonspecific symptoms (low-grade fever,
malaise, and weight loss) may dominate. Specific infections may be suggested by the history…

Survival of elderly men with congestive heart failure

…, TA Teasdale, AJ Bleyer, NJ Kutka, RJ Luchi - Age and …, 1992 - academic.oup.com
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common discharge diagnosis for elderly patients.
The survival of elderly (age ≥75 years) patients with CHF has not recently been reported, …

Withdrawing very low–burden interventions in chronically ill patients

JA Rhymes, LB McCullough, RJ Luchi, TA Teasdale… - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
Reverend G is an 85-year-old white man with severe dementia. Except for dementia, he is
in fairly good physical health. Hehadapacemakerimplantedseveralyearspreviously. Hehas …

Educating the elderly: cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions before and after intervention

…, G Taffet, BE Robinson, RJ Luchi - Journal of the …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Considering the limited success of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in achieving survival
to hospital discharge in older persons, it is appropriate to educate, discuss and determine …