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Characteristics of out of hospital cardiac arrest in the United Arab Emirates

Heart Views, 2019
Background: Out of hospital cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death globally. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients who were attended and treated by the National Ambulance crew.
Saad Essa Alqahtani, Ahmed Saleh Alhajeri, Ayman Adel Ahmed, Sahar Yousef Mashal   +3 more
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A Man With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest [PDF]

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Sheng-En Chu, Jie-Ming Chen, Yu-Chen Chiu, Chun-Yen Huang, Chih-Jung Chang, Wen-Chu Chiang, Edward Pei-Chuan Huang, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma, Jen-Tang Sun   +9 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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Factors associated with neurological outcomes in patients experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and severe acidaemia: retrospective analysis of a nation-wide registry

Resuscitation Plus
Background and objective: Acidaemia is common among individuals who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). While severe acidaemia is a strong predictor of unfavourable outcomes, a subset of patients exhibits dramatic recovery.
Makoto Watanabe, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Bon Ohta, Tasuku Matsuyama   +3 more
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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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Successful cardiac arrest resuscitation by a layperson participant in a novel AED-equipped response corps: A case report

Resuscitation Plus
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is highly dependent on the time to initial resuscitation efforts. When OHCA occurs in public environments, the probability of CPR-trained responders and proximal AED availability is higher than in ...
Benjamin S. Abella, Michael C. Kurz, Joshua M. Knapp, Stephanie M. Madonis, Julie Buckingham, Alan Wirt, Aarthi Kaviyarasu, Taylor Brothers, Matthew T. Kratz, Megan Ruby   +9 more
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Etiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest diagnosed via detailed examinations including perimortem computed tomography

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2013
Context: The spectrum of the etiology of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest (OHCPA) has not been established. We have performed perimortem computed tomography (CT) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Yoshihiro Moriwaki, Yoshio Tahara, Takayuki Kosuge, Noriyuki Suzuki   +3 more
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POCUS in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2022
Dereli, Gökhan, Mert, Kadir Uğur, Çanakçı, Mustafa Emin, Şevik, Ömer Erdem, Acar, Nurdan   +4 more
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The association of extreme environmental heat with incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in British Columbia: A time series analysis

Resuscitation Plus
Background: The impact of extreme heat on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) incidence and outcomes is under-studied. We investigated OHCA incidence and outcomes over increasing temperatures.
Laiba Khan, Takahisa Kawano, Jacob Hutton, Michael Asamoah-Boaheng, Frank X. Scheuermeyer, Michael Christian, Leon Baranowski, David Barbic, Jim Christenson, Brian Grunau   +9 more
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Underlying Cause of Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Japan in Survivors Versus Nonsurvivors

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background The causes underlying out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are rarely investigated. This study aimed to investigate causes of OHCA in CRITICAL (Comprehensive Registry of In‐Hospital Intensive Care for OHCA Survival), a multicenter OHCA ...
Satoshi Yoshimura, Zian H. Tseng, Tomoki Yamada, Shunichiro Nakao, Kazuhisa Yoshiya, Changhwi Park, Tetsuro Nishimura, Takuya Ishibe, Kazuma Yamakawa, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Masafumi Kishimoto, Kohei Ninomiya, Yusuke Ito, Taku Sogabe, Takaya Morooka, Haruko Sakamoto, Yuki Hironaka, Atsunori Onoe, Tasuku Matsuyama, Yohei Okada, Satoshi Matsui, Norihiro Nishioka, Shunsuke Kimata, Shunsuke Kawai, Yuto Makino, Ling Zha, Kosuke Kiyohara, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Taku Iwami   +28 more
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