Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a key competency for healthcare professionals. Training in immediate and advanced life support is a requirement for UK doctors; this is depicted in the Foundation training programme competencies and in the Internal Medicine Training curriculum.
Mitropoulou, Panagiota +1 more
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Knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation among Greek physiotherapists
High quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is crucial for influencing survival from cardiac arrest. Healthcare professionals are expected to know how to perform CPR as they may encounter emergency situations during their work. Physiotherapists, who
Garyfallia Pepera +3 more
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The effect of real-time CPR feedback and post event debriefing on patient and processes focused outcomes : a cohort study : trial protocol [PDF]
Background: Cardiac arrest affects 30-35, 000 hospitalised patients in the UK every year. For these patients to be given the best chance of survival, high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) must be delivered, however the quality of CPR in real ...
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcomes of dogs and cats at a veterinary teaching hospital before and after publication of the RECOVER guidelines. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES To describe and compare cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcomes at a Swiss veterinary teaching hospital before and after publication of the Reassessment Campaign on Veterinary Resuscitation guidelines.
Gay, J M +5 more
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Mild hypothermia alone or in combination with anesthetic post-conditioning reduces expression of inflammatory cytokines in the cerebral cortex of pigs after cardiopulmonary resuscitation [PDF]
Introduction: Hypothermia improves survival and neurological recovery after cardiac arrest. Pro-inflammatory cytokines have been implicated in focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion in-jury.
Meybohm, Patrick +8 more
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Adrenaline in neonatal resuscitation: are there knowledge gaps?
Despite the widespread use of adrenaline in adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the main concern in using this drug in neonates is the lack of evidence.
Athanasios Chalkias +3 more
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Factors Affecting Performance of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Team [PDF]
Background: There are many factors that affect quality of provided cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as it can improves return of spontaneous circulation and prevent sudden death.
Mahmoud Adel Elhamamsy +2 more
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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one of the life‐threatening diseases of the digestive system. MicroRNA has been asserted to be a regulator of AP. This paper explored the miR‐374a‐5p expression in AP patients and investigated the efficacy of AR42J cells.
Fu‐Jun Wang, Xue Mei
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The impact of chest compression rates on quality of chest compressions : a manikin study [PDF]
Purpose Chest compressions are often performed at a variable rate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The effect of compression rate on other chest compression quality variables (compression depth, duty-cycle, leaning, performance decay over ...
Field, Richard A. +17 more
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Neonatal resuscitation and immediate newborn assessment and stimulation for the prevention of neonatal deaths: a systematic review, meta-analysis and Delphi estimation of mortality effect. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Of 136 million babies born annually, around 10 million require assistance to breathe. Each year 814,000 neonatal deaths result from intrapartum-related events in term babies (previously "birth asphyxia") and 1.03 million from complications of
Carlo, Waldemar A +36 more
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