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Induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest
… mortality and neurological impairment after cardiac arrest. After the publication of two trials indicating benefit of induced hypothermia, we developed a registry to assess outcome, possible adverse events and conduct of induced hypothermia when this intervention was implemented in a clinical …
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Electroencephalography for neurological prognostication after cardiac arrest
… in comatose patients resuscitated after cardiac arrest (CA), using both simplified continuous EEG monitoring (cEEG) and routine EEG. Background: Comatose survivors are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) to support vital functions. Postresuscitation care includes target temperature …
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Cardiac arrest and therapeutic hypothermia: Prognosis and outcome
… sequels for unconscious patients following cardiac arrest (CA). TH requires sedation and muscular relaxation, obscuring the clinical neurological examination for estimation of prognosis, and clinical decision making. Continuous amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) has been used to predict outcome …
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Cardiac arrest – prognostic biomarkers and aspects of shock
… Some improvement has been seen in survival after cardiac arrest but the outcome is still poor and 50-70% of patients do not survive despite successful return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). The cause of death is multifactorial. The majority of patients die from brain injury, but up to 35% die …
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An exploration of the recognition of deterioration in ems witnessed cardiac arrest: improving national outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
… patients suffering EMS witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Scotland. I extracted key findings from these papers, analysed their contribution, and examined the links made to demonstrate their influence on national guidelines and policy development into one progressive and coherent …
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Prehospital Care of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients
… To evaluate the outcome of the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the emergency medical service system. METHODS: From October 2001 to September 2003,we collected data about all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients visited our emergency medical center. Data were collected with our records …
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Pharmacologically Replicating Metabolic Protective Mechanisms of Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest
New therapies are urgently needed for cardiac arrest which carries a high mortality rate due to cardiovascular collapse and neurological injury. Rapid application of therapeutic hypothermia is one of few therapies which consistently improves neurological outcomes in animal models; however, clinical …
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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Recovery After Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
… fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who were treated with the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium protocol. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), end-systolic diameter (LVESD), and fractional shortening were assessed using serial …
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EXERCISE-INDUCED ORGAN PROTECTION IN A MURINE MODEL OF CARDIAC ARREST AND RESUSCITATION
Cardiac arrest causes whole-body ischemic injury and cell death. Successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation paradoxically confounds recovery by increasing the rate of cellular death and tissue damage through global reperfusion injury. Despite decades of basic and clinical research, the prognosis …
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Life after death : techniques for the prognostication of coma outcomes after cardiac arrest
… neurological outcomes of patients in coma after cardiac arrest, but the association between EEG features and outcomes is time-dependent. Recent advances in machine learning allow temporally-dependent features to be learned from the EEG waveforms in a fully-automated way, allowing for faster, …
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An Exploratory Study of Functional Status in Post Cardiac Arrest Survivors Discharged to Home
Cardiopulmonary arrest is a major health problem, claiming 350,000 to 450,000 lives per year in the United States, but survival has increased to 49% from the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED) by lay personnel. Leidy's work on functional status is a comprehensive framework to describe …
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Prediction of the Outcome in Cardiac Arrest Patients Undergoing Hypothermia Using EEG Wavelet Entropy
<p>Cardiac arrest (CA) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Induction of hypothermia has been found to improve the functional recovery of CA patients after resuscitation. However, there is no clear guideline for the clinicians yet to determine the prognosis of the CA when patients …
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Cardiac arrest in children preceding PICU admission: Aetiology and outcome in a developing country
… outcomes of children admitted to PICU following cardiac arrest between January 2010 and December 2011. Methods: Retrospective descriptive study of routinely collected data. Results: Of 2501 PICU admissions, 110 (4.4%; 58.7% male) had preceding cardiac arrest, 80.6% of which occurred in hospital. …
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Hypothermia and rewarming after cardiac arrest. Dynamics in cerebral blood flow, cerebral metabolism and inflammation
Contains fulltext : 139518.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Preclinical Optimization of Treatment with Inhaled Argon to Improve Neurological Outcome and Survival After Cardiac Arrest
<b>Introduction.</b> Treatment of post cardiac arrest (CA) syndrome represents a clinical priority. Inhalation of the noble gas Argon may represent an attractive option. The purpose of the current thesis is to determine the efficacy, safety and mechanisms of action of Argon in different …
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An analysis of the Afrikaans telephonic descriptors of cardiac arrest in a Western Cape Emergency Control centre
Introduction: Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is a time-sensitive emergency which requires prompt identification and emergency care in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. The first step in recognising OHCA is rapid identification by the emergency dispatch centre. Identification of such …
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Alignment of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status with Patients’ Likelihood of Favorable Neurological Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
After patients survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest, discussions should occur about preferences for future resuscitative efforts. Given the value patients generally place on possessing normal neurological function, these discussions should take into account a patient’s prognosis for survival with …
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Human Factors in Drone Delivery of Automatic External Defibrillators for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Older Adult Considerations
… to improve survival rates of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCA) due to earlier access to defibrillation. There is a lack of user-centred, and older adult-focused research in this area. The present study evaluated the perceptions and interactions of older adults with a drone delivered AED …
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Obstacles to perform high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs)
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate of patients in Korea is lower than the global average and it might be caused by extremely low rate of return of spontaneous circulation in prehospital field. The authors identified the obstacles that disturb on-scene cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) …
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