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The value of a statistical life for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims [PDF]

Background: Economic evaluation of policies regarding out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is important and we estimate the value of a statistical life (VSL) for OHCA victims.
Sund, Björn
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The unrealistic expectations of CPR success: a comparative public survey of Saudi Arabia and the United States

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background: Success rates of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in in-hospital cardiac arrest (INCA) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest OOHCA is reported to be 15% and 3%, respectively. However, people in the general population have high and unrealistic
Thamer Khalid Zoghbi, Mohammed Abdulaziz AlAryni, Anas Fouad Hamam   +2 more
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The German Resuscitation Registry – Epidemiological data for out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation Plus
Introduction: The German Resuscitation Registry was started in 2007 and collects data on out-of-hospital as well as in-hospital cardiac arrest and resuscitation. It has collected more than 400.000 datasets till today.
Jan Wnent, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Matthias Fischer, Alexandra Ramshorn-Zimmer, Andreas Bohn, Berthold Bein, Stephan Seewald   +6 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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Aetiologies of pulseless electrical activity in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests:A retrospective study and analysis of specific causes [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) cardiac arrest is defined as a cardiac arrest (CA) presenting with a residual organized electrical activity on the electrocardiogram.
BEUN, L.
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The role of informatics in prehospital emergency resuscitation and defibrillation [PDF]

, 2016
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests account for a large number of deaths as the time window for successful resuscitation is very short. Timely call for help, resuscitation and defibrillation by laypersons are crucial for the survival and outcome of cardiac ...
Arvanitis, Theodoros N., Khan, Mohammed Omar, Lim Choi Keung, Sarah Niukyun, Murphy, Paddie, Perkins, Gavin D., Smith, Christopher Matthew   +5 more
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Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children [PDF]

, 2015
et al,, Pineda, Jose A
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Better outcome after pediatric resuscitation is still a dilemma

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2010
Pediatric cardiac arrest is not a single problem. Although most episodes of pediatric cardiac arrest occur as complications and progression of respiratory failure and shock. Sudden cardiac arrest may result from abrupt and unexpected arrhythmias.
Sahu Sandeep, Kishore Kamal, Lata Indu
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Epinephrine for Out‐of‐hospital Cardiac Arrest [PDF]

Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Kyle, Kelson, Ian S, deSouza
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N Engl J Med [PDF]

BACKGROUNDFor persons who have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the probability of receiving bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be influenced by neighborhood characteristics.METHODSWe analyzed surveillance data prospectively ...

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