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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [PDF]

Biomedical Papers, 2017
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of death in developed industrial countries. The global worldwide average of OHCA incidence in adults is 95.9/100,000/year.
Martin Porzer, Eva Mrazkova, Miroslav Homza, Vladimir Janout   +3 more
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Intensive Care Medicine, 2023
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is predicated on a community and system-wide approach that includes rapid recognition of cardiac arrest, capable bystander CPR, effective basic and advanced life support (BLS and ALS) by EMS providers, and coordinated postresuscitation care.
Jerry P. Nolan, Katherine M. Berg, Janet E. Bray   +2 more
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Out of hospital cardiac arrest: when to resuscitate

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION: This study explores why resuscitation is withheld when mobile emergency medical team arrive at the scene of a cardiac arrest.
Saida Zelfani, Hela Manai, Yosra Riahi, Mounir Daghfous   +3 more
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Severity of illness and organ dysfunction scoring systems in pediatric critical care: The impacts on clinician's practices and the future

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Severity and organ dysfunction (OD) scores are increasingly used in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). Therefore, this review aims to provide 1/ an updated state-of-the-art of severity scoring systems and OD scores in pediatric critical care, which ...
Morgan Recher, Morgan Recher, Stéphane Leteurtre, Stéphane Leteurtre, Valentine Canon, Valentine Canon, Jean Benoit Baudelet, Marguerite Lockhart, Marguerite Lockhart, Hervé Hubert, Hervé Hubert   +10 more
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Impact of Receiving Hospital on Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcome: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Texas

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Factors associated with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcome disparities remain poorly understood. We evaluated the role of receiving hospital on OHCA outcome disparities.
Ryan Huebinger, Marina Del Rios, Benjamin S. Abella, Bryan McNally, Carrie Bakunas, Richard Witkov, Micah Panczyk, Eric Boerwinkle, Bentley Bobrow   +8 more
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Frailty is a better predictor than age for shockable rhythm and survival in Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest in over 16-year-olds

Resuscitation Plus, 2023
Objective: To determine if the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) predicts out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes better than age?Design: The analysed data was collected as part of a larger study run by NCEPOD on hospital admissions for OHCA in 2018 ...
Simon J. McPherson, Mark Juniper, Neil Smith   +2 more
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Saudi Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry: study protocol

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background: Cardiac arrest is a major global health concern. It accounts for almost 30% of the global mortality rate, with a poor survival rate for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, with worse survival rate for Out-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA).
Abdulrhman Alghamdi, Nawfal Aljerian, Omar Aldibasi, Alanowd Alghaith, Noura Alquraishi, Mohammed Alwarhi, Abdullah Alabdali, SOHAR collaborators   +7 more
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High dose of epinephrine does not improve survival of children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Results from the French National Cardiac Arrest Registry

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
ObjectivesThe pediatric resuscitation guidelines recommend the use of 0. 01 mg kg−1 epinephrine during a cardiac arrest; an epinephrine dose higher than that is not recommended. The first aim of this study was to determine the administration rate of high
Morgan Recher, Morgan Recher, Valentine Canon, Valentine Canon, Marguerite Lockhart, Marguerite Lockhart, Martin Lafrance, Martin Lafrance, Hervé Hubert, Hervé Hubert, Stéphane Leteurtre, Stéphane Leteurtre   +11 more
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Gender association with incidence, clinical profile, and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A middle east perspective

Heart Views, 2022
Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of death worldwide. However, there is limited information on the outcome of the OHCA in the Middle East population, and limited studies have been carried out in the Arab Gulf countries.
Fadi Khazaal, Abdulrahman Arabi, Ashfaq Patel, Rajvir Singh, Jassim Mohd Al Suwaidi, Awad Al-Qahtani, Salaheddin Omran Arafa, Nidal Asaad, Hajar A Hajar   +8 more
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Predicting survival post-cardiac arrest: An observational cohort study

Resuscitation Plus, 2023
Introduction: Over 400,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occur each year in Canada and the United States with less than 10% survival to hospital discharge.
Ian R Drennan, Kevin E Thorpe, Damon Scales, Sheldon Cheskes, Muhammad Mamdani, Laurie J Morrison   +5 more
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