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The UK Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcome (OHCAO) project [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: Reducing premature death is a key priority for the UK National Health Service (NHS). NHS Ambulance services treat approximately 30 000 casesof suspected cardiac arrest each year but survival rates vary.
Brace-McDonnell, Samantha J. +1 more
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Targeted temperature management in emergency medicine: current perspectives [PDF]
, 2015 Landmark trials in 2002 showed that therapeutic hypothermia (TH) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation resulted in improved likelihood of good neurologic recovery compared to standard care without
Ellender, Timothy J., Hunter, Benton R.
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Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020 Introduction Timely out‐of‐hospital notifications in patients with traumatic cardiac arrest are associated improvements in mortality. Details surrounding these events are often limited, and decisions to perform advanced resuscitative procedures must be ...
Geoffrey S. Kelly, Drew Clare
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Improving outcomes from in-hospital cardiac arrest [PDF]
, 2016 Over 200 000 adults a year sustain a cardiac arrest while in hospital in the United States.1 Most trials have taken place outside hospital,2 yet the aetiology, patient characteristics, time to treatment, and outcomes are quite different to cardiac ...
Couper, Keith, Perkins, Gavin D.
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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 +6 more
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Life‐Threatening Bradycardia in Anti‐NMDA‐Receptor Encephalitis and a Novel Use for Permanent Pacing
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Pediatric anti‐NMDA receptor encephalitis (pNMDARE) is an autoantibody‐mediated disorder that can cause severe autonomic dysfunction, including symptomatic bradycardia and asystole. Dysautonomia can last for years, making it very challenging to manage.
Sarah Tucker +9 more
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2016 Protocols for managing patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) may vary due to legal, cultural, or socioeconomic concerns. We sought to assess international variation in policies and protocols related to OHCA.
Chih-Hao Lin +10 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 +4 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Aims We investigated whether a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the quality of inpatient acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care and long‐term mortality post‐AMI. Methods We analysed data from 784,091 adults, 6,047 with a diagnosis of RA, from England and Wales hospitalised with AMI between 2005 and 2019 from the MINAP registry, linked ...
Megan Butler +8 more
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Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2021 Introduction: Sudden OHCA (Out of hospital cardiac arrest) is the third leading cause of death in industrialized nations. With more than 60% of cardiovascular deaths resulting from cardiac arrest, it remains the leading cause of death worldwide.
Kenan Ljuhar +5 more
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