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The association between hemoglobin concentration and neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest. [PDF]

, 2016
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to determine the association between hemoglobin concentration (Hgb) and neurologic outcome in postarrest patients. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Penn Alliance for Therapeutic Hypothermia
Dodampahala, Kalani, Gaieski, David F., Goyal, Munish, Grossestreuer, Anne V., Johnson, Nicholas J., Perman, Sarah M., Rosselot, Babette   +6 more
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Two cases of low birth weight infant survival by prehospital emergency hysterotomy [PDF]

, 2017
Background: During maternal cardiac arrest, emergency hysterotomy (EH) is recommended after four minutes of resuscitation, if no signs of spontaneous circulation are detected.
Aydin, Fatih, Pystynen, Mikko, Rantanen, Matias, Soukka, Hanna, Tommila, Miretta   +4 more
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Risk factors and outcome of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and in-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide prospective and observational study of 939 hospitals in China

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Sudden cardiac arrest represents a global health challenge characterized by high mortality and morbidity rates. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is increasingly considered as an effective treatment for cardiac arrest ...
Di Shi, Bo Li, Wei Pan, Fuping Guo, Hui Jiang, Liu Chengxi, Huadong Zhu, Jihai Liu, Jieqing Chen, Liang Zong, Xiao Song, Chen Lin, Xin Ding, Xiang Zhou, Chang Yin, Bin Du, on behalf of the China National Critical Care Quality Control Center-the ECMO quality improvement action (EQIA) study   +16 more
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Early Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest after Early Defibrillation: a 24 Months Retrospective Analysis [PDF]

, 2006
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death in the United States and most other Western nations. Among these deaths, sudden, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest claims approximately 1000 lives each day in the United States ...
Barbara Severgnini, Enrico Maria Greco, Paolo Terranova, Paolo Valli, Simonetta Dell'Orto   +4 more
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Cardiac catheterization is underutilized after in-hospital cardiac arrest [PDF]

Resuscitation, 2008
Indications for immediate cardiac catheterization in cardiac arrest survivors without ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are uncertain as electrocardiographic and clinical criteria may be challenging to interpret in this population. We sought to evaluate rates of early catheterization after in-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) arrest and ...
Raina M, Merchant, Benjamin S, Abella, Monica, Khan, Kuang-Ning, Huang, David G, Beiser, Robert W, Neumar, Brendan G, Carr, Lance B, Becker, Terry L, Vanden Hoek   +8 more
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Factors associated with post-arrest withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy. [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Most successfully resuscitated cardiac arrest patients do not survive to hospital discharge. Many have withdrawal of life sustaining therapy (WLST) as a result of the perception of poor neurologic prognosis.
Abella, Benjamin S., Gaieski, David F., Grossestreuer, Anne V., Haukoos, Jason S., Ikeda, Daniel J., Moskowitz, Ari, Perman, Sarah M., Wiebe, Douglas J.   +7 more
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A Multicenter Evaluation of Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients

Critical Care Explorations, 2021
IMPORTANCE:. In-hospital cardiac arrest survival among coronavirus disease 2019 patients has been reported to range from 0% to 12%. These numbers are significantly lower than reported prepandemic in-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates of approximately
Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, FACP, Mahmoud Alwakeel, MD, Talha Saleem, MD, Saira Afzal, MD, Sura Alqaisi, MD, Aisha R. Saand, MD, Hanan Al. Najjar, MD, Lori Griffiths, RN, MPH, Xiaozhen Han, MS, Xiaofeng Wang, PhD, Silvia Perez-Protto, MD, MS, FCCM, Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil, FAHA, FACEP, David F. Gaieski, MD, FACEP, FCCM, Abhijit Duggal, MD, MPH, MSc, Francois Abi Fadel, MD, FACP, FCCP   +14 more
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In-hospital cardiac arrests: Effect of amended Australian Resuscitation Council 2006 guidelines [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: To evaluate cardiac arrest outcomes following the introduction of the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) 2006 amended guidelines for basic and advanced life support.
Aitken, L. M., Boyde, M. S., Burmeister, E., Padget, M.   +3 more
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Lived experiences of surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest [PDF]

Resuscitation, 2018
BackgroundOut‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest survivors suffer from psychological distress and cognitive impairments. They experience existential insecurity and vulnerability and are striving to return to a life in which well‐being and the meaning of life have partly changed.
Anders Bremer, Tova Dahné, Lovisa Stureson, Kristofer Årestedt, Ingela Thylén   +4 more
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Assessing Variability in End-of-Life Intensity of Care After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest [PDF]

, 2017
Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) affects over 300,000 Americans per year.1 Many factors affect the outcomes and overall OHCA survival in a community; some of these include an individual’s characteristics such as age, co-morbid conditions ...
Carr, MD, MA, MS, Brendan G., Ferd, MD Candidate, Polina, Karp, MUSA, David, Zebrowski, PhD Candidate, Alexis   +3 more
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