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Prevention and early management of in-hospital cardiac arrest: a challenge for nursing educators [PDF]

, 2016
Cardiac arrest can be defined as the heart’s inability to effectively eject blood out due to either an electrical or mechanical failure. This condition poses an immediate threat to life and is always considered to be a medical emergency.
Hernández-Padilla, José Manuel
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Prediction of cognitive dysfunction after resuscitation – a systematic review

Advances in Interventional Cardiology, 2018
Cardiac arrest (CA) due to cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in developed countries. It is estimated that over 350,000 people in Europe suffer from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. According to the literature, the longer the episode of  
Wioletta A. Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska, Katarzyna Czyż-Szybenbejl, Katarzyna Kwiecień-Jaguś, Katarzyna Lewandowska   +3 more
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Can we predict patient outcome before extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory cardiac arrest?

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Refractory cardiac arrest resistant to conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (C-CPR) has a poor outcome. Although previous reports showed that extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) can improve the clinical outcome, there ...
Fu-Yuan Siao, Chun-Wen Chiu, Chun-Chieh Chiu, Yu-Jun Chang, Ying-Chen Chen, Yao-Li Chen, Yung-Kun Hsieh, Chu-Chung Chou, Hsu-Hen Yen   +8 more
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Prehospital Randomised Assessment of a Mechanical Compression Device In Cardiac Arrest (PaRAMeDIC) Trial Protocol [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is closely linked to the quality of CPR, but in real life, resuscitation during prehospital care and ambulance transport is often suboptimal.
Anne Slowther, Charles Deakin, Chris McCabe, Gavin D Perkins, Jessica Horton, Malcolm Woollard, Matthew W Cooke, Ranjit Lall, Sarah E Lamb, Simon Gates, Tom Quinn   +10 more
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Costs related to cardiac arrest management: a systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Each year, about 500,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest (either out-of-hospital or in-hospital) in the USA. Although significant improvements in survival have occurred through the implementation of complex high-quality protocols of care ...
Guillaume Geri, Joshua Gilgan, Carolyn Ziegler, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Laurie J. Morrison   +4 more
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Emergency medical dispatch recognition, clinical intervention and outcome of patients in traumatic cardiac arrest from major trauma : an observational study [PDF]

, 2018
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe the demographics of reported traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA ...
de Coverly, Richard, Jeyanathan, J, Lyon, Richard M., Prentice, C., Williams, Julia   +4 more
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Effect of Inhaled Xenon on Cerebral White Matter Damage in Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

, 2016
IMPORTANCE: Evidence from preclinical models indicates that xenon gas can prevent the development of cerebral damage after acute global hypoxic-ischemic brain injury but, thus far, these putative neuroprotective properties have not been reported in human
Airaksinen, J, Arola, O, Bäcklund, M, Grönlund, J, Harjola, VP, Hynninen, M, Inkinen, O, Korpi, K, Laitio, R, Laitio, T, Martola, J, Maze, M, Niiranen, J, Nukarinen, E, Olkkola, KT, Parkkola, R, Pietilä, M, Roine, RO, Saraste, A, Saunavaara, J, Scheinin, H, Silvasti, P, Silvennoinen, H, Tiainen, M, Vahlberg, T, Valanne, L, Varpula, M, Virtanen, S, Wennervirta, J, Ylikoski, E   +29 more
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Hong Kong: a territory-wide study [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a global health care problem. Like other cities in the world, Hong Kong faces the impact of such events.
Fan, KL, Leung, LP, Siu, YC
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Incidence and percentage of survival after cardiac arrest outside and inside hospital

Resuscitation Plus
Aim: To compare the incidence and percentage of survival after cardiac arrest outside and inside hospital where cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) had been started between two regions in Sweden in a 10-year perspective.
A. Strömsöe, J. Herlitz
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European standard internal telephone number 2222 for in-hospital emergency calls: A national survey in all French military training hospitals

Resuscitation Plus, 2022
Background: In 2016, three European scientific societies called for standardization to the “2222” as a European unique phone number in case of in-hospital emergencies.
Nicolas Py, Bertrand Prunet, Antoine Lamblin, Jean Pierre Tourtier, Guillaume de Saint Maurice, Frédéric Adnet, Julien Pottecher, Alain Cariou, David K. Whitaker, Katia Aymart, Pierre Pasquier   +10 more
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