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Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest –Optimal Management [PDF]

Current Cardiology Reviews, 2014
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has attracted increasing attention over the past years because outcomes have improved impressively lately. The changes for neurological intact outcomes has been poor but several areas have achieved improving survival rates after adjusting their cardiac arrest care.
Frõhlich, Georg M., Lyon, Richard M, Sasson, Comilla, Crake, Tom, Whitbread, Mark, Indermuehle, Andreas, Timmis, Adam, Meier, Pascal   +7 more
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Variation of current protocols for managing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in prehospital settings among Asian countries

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, Yih Yng Ng, Wen-Chu Chiang, Sarah Abdul Karim, Sang Do Shin, Hideharu Tanaka, Tatsuya Nishiuchi, Kentaro Kajino, Nalinas Khunkhlai, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma, Marcus Eng Hock Ong   +10 more
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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, Gaieski, David F., Goyal, Munish, Grossestreuer, Anne V., Johnson, Nicholas J., Perman, Sarah M., Rosselot, Babette   +6 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, Adem Zalihić, Aida Gavranović, Basri Lenjani, Premtim Rashiti, Nuhi Arslani   +5 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, Enrico Maria Greco, Paolo Terranova, Paolo Valli, Simonetta Dell'Orto   +4 more
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Targeted Temperature Management in Cardiac Arrest: An Updated Narrative Review

Cardiology and Therapy, 2022
The established benefits of cooling along with development of sophisticated methods to safely and precisely induce, maintain, monitor, and reverse hypothermia have led to the development of targeted temperature management (TTM).
Agastya D. Belur, Yub Raj Sedhai, Alexander G. Truesdell, Ashish K. Khanna, Joseph D. Mishkin, P. Matthew Belford, David X. Zhao, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula   +7 more
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Assessing Variability in End-of-Life Intensity of Care After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest [PDF]

, 2017
Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) affects over 300,000 Americans per year.1 Many factors affect the outcomes and overall OHCA survival in a community; some of these include an individual’s characteristics such as age, co-morbid conditions ...
Carr, MD, MA, MS, Brendan G., Ferd, MD Candidate, Polina, Karp, MUSA, David, Zebrowski, PhD Candidate, Alexis   +3 more
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One out of three bystanders of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests shows signs of pathological psychological processing weeks after the incident - results from structured telephone interviews

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Witnessing an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a traumatic experience. This study analyses bystanders` psychological processing of OHCA.
Peter Brinkrolf, Bibiana Metelmann, Camilla Metelmann, Mina Baumgarten, Carolin Scharte, Alexander Zarbock, Klaus Hahnenkamp, Andreas Bohn   +7 more
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Association between dose of catecholamines and markers of organ injury early after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Cardiology Journal, 2023
BACKGROUND: Catecholamines are recommended as first-line drugs to treat hemodynamic instability after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The benefit-to-risk ratio of catecholamines is dose dependent, however, their effect on metabolism and organ ...
Katarzyna Czerwińska-Jelonkiewicz, Alice Wood, Allan Bohm, Przemysław Kwasiborski, Anna Oleksiak, Robert Ryczek, Johannes Grand, Guido Tavazzi, Alessandro Sionis, Janina Stępińska   +9 more
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Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Complicated by Hyperthermia

Resuscitation Plus, 2022
The aims of this study were to establish epidemiology, clinical management and outcomes in cases of adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest complicated by hyperthermia attended by the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust between January 2018 and December 2019. Where evidence is available in relation to this sub-set of cardiac arrest patients it is generally
Edwards, Timothy, Rees, Paul
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