Do Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Have Increased Chances of Survival When Transported to a Cardiac Resuscitation Center?
Background Patients suffering from an out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest are often transported to the closest hospital. Although it has been suggested that these patients be transported to cardiac resuscitation centers, few jurisdictions have acted on this ...
Demis Lipe+5 more
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Association Between Early Hyperoxia Exposure After Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest and Neurological Disability: Prospective Multicenter Protocol-Directed Cohort Study [PDF]
Circulation, 2018BACKGROUND: Studies examining the association between hyperoxia exposure after resuscitation from cardiac arrest and clinical outcomes have reported conflicting results.
Abella, Benjamin S.+11 more
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Background Brain injury can occur after cardiac arrest due to the effects of ischaemia and reperfusion. In serious cases this can lead to permanent disability. This risk must be considered when making decisions about terminating resuscitation.
Clare Welbourn, Nikolaos Efstathiou
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Hypothermic cardiac arrest: prognostic factors for successful resuscitation before rewarming [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency MedicineObjective To indicate factors predicting return of spontaneous circulation in patients with hypothermic cardiac arrest in the pre-rewarming period. Methods A multicenter retrospective study was conducted.
Paweł Podsiadło+8 more
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Importance Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has poor outcome. Whether intra-arrest transport, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), and immediate invasive assessment and treatment (invasive strategy) is beneficial in this setting ...
J. Bělohlávek+30 more
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The implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has become an essential requirement for managing patients with end-stage heart failure. However, aortic valve insufficiency is a contraindication for LVAD implantation in patients with end-stage
Yuriy Pya+8 more
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Incidence and predictors of hemodynamic compromise due to high-grade AV block after TAVI
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023BackgroundHigh-grade AV block (HAVB) is the most frequent adverse event after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). In rare cases, HAVB is associated with hemodynamic compromise (HC) followed by syncope or application of cardiopulmonary ...
Maren Weferling+16 more
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PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF THE PRESENCE OF FAMILY MEMBERS DURING CARDIAC RESUSCITATION IN CHILDREN [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2016The presence of family members during medical investigations has given rise to intense debates. These disputes had at their center ethical, psychological and political issues.
Magdalena Iorga+2 more
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Prognostic value of point-of-care ultrasound during cardiac arrest: a systematic review
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2020Background Despite significant improvements in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of mortality in the United States. Ultrasound is a widely available tool that can be used to evaluate the presence of cardiac
Ilan Kedan+4 more
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Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the operating room [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2018The occurrence of cardiac arrest during anesthesia and surgery is nowadays associated with many challenges imposed by 21st century medicine. On the one hand, good education of healthcare practitioners, sophisticated anesthetic techniques and equipment ...
Pavlović Aleksandar+4 more
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