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Polish State Fire Service (SFS) response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA): a retrospective study.

Critical Care Innovations, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is one of the leading causes of death in developed countries, which is a leading public health problem. Saving endangered human life is a priority task for emergency services around the world.
Marcin, Łukasz, Paulina
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Identifying Risk Factors for Prolonged Length of Stay in Hospital and Developing Prediction Models for Patients with Cardiac Arrest Receiving Targeted Temperature Management

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
Background: Prolonged length of stay (LOS) following targeted temperature management (TTM) administered after cardiac arrest may affect healthcare plans and expenditures.
Wei-Ting Chiu, Lung Chan, Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan Masud, Chien-Tai Hong, Yu-San Chien, Chih-Hsin Hsu, Cheng-Hsueh Wu, Chen-Hsu Wang, Shennie Tan, Chen-Chih Chung   +9 more
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Contacts With the Health Care System Before Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background It remains challenging to identify patients at risk of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We aimed to examine health care contacts in patients before OHCA compared with the general population that did not experience an OHCA.
Nertila Zylyftari, Sidsel G. Møller, Mads Wissenberg, Frederik Folke, Carlo A. Barcella, Amalie Lykkemark Møller, Filip Gnesin, Elisabeth Helen Anna Mills, Britta Jensen, Christina Ji‐Young Lee, Hanno L. Tan, Lars Køber, Freddy Lippert, Gunnar H. Gislason, Christian Torp‐Pedersen   +14 more
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Unraveling the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Aim:The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the influence of the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the incidence, characteristics, and clinical consequences of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).Materials and ...
Miroslaw Dabkowski, Damian Swieczkowski, Michal Pruc, Başar Cander, Mehmet Gül, Nicola Bragazzi, Lukasz Szarpak   +6 more
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Incidence of acute aortic dissections in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature, 2022
Objectives: Acute Aortic dissection (AAD) may present as out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, the incidence of this presentation is not well known.
Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Carolina Machado, Daniel Caldeira, Mariana Alves, Alice Lopes, Maria Serrano, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes, Luís Mendes Pedro   +7 more
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Long-term stress conditions and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest risk: a nested case–control study

Open Heart, 2023
Objective Patients with stress-related disorders and anxiety are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. However, the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is scarcely investigated.
Christian Torp-Pedersen, Gunnar H Gislason, Lars Vedel Kessing, Fredrik Folke, Ruben Coronel, Talip E Eroglu, Andrim Halili, Anojhaan Arulmurugananthavadivel, Saaima Parveen   +8 more
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients treated for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: Incidence, clinical features, and prognosis based on population-level data from Hungary

Resuscitation Plus, 2021
Aim: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a severe complication of myocardial infarction. Literature data on the incidence of OHCA are inconsistent, and population-level data are incomplete.
András Jánosi, Tamás Ferenci, János Tomcsányi, Péter Andréka   +3 more
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Acetylsalicylic acid use is associated with reduced risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the general population: Real-world data from a population-based study.

PLoS ONE, 2022
AimActivated blood platelet products facilitate myocardial intracellular Ca2+ overload, thereby provoking afterdepolarizations and increasing susceptibility of ischemic myocardium to ventricular fibrillation (VF).
Talip E Eroglu, Marieke T Blom, Patrick C Souverein, Alfi Yasmina, Anthonius de Boer, Hanno L Tan, ESCAPE-NET investigators   +6 more
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Temporal trends in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with an initial non-shockable rhythm in Singapore

Resuscitation Plus, 2023
Aim: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with an initial non-shockable rhythm is the predominant form of OHCA in adults. We evaluated its 10-year trends in epidemiology and management in Singapore.
Shir Lynn Lim, Siew Pang Chan, Nur Shahidah, Qin Xiang Ng, Andrew Fu Wah Ho, Shalini Arulanandam, Benjamin Sieu-Hon Leong, Marcus Eng Hock Ong   +7 more
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Mortality in OHCA during resuscitation by rescue teams without a doctor

Critical Care Innovations, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a condition that requires immediate intervention by a medical emergency team. CPR is usually based on current scientific guidelines.
Paweł Szymczuk
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