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Police as first reponders improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
BackgroundPolice forces are abundant circulating and might arrive before the emergency services to Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest victims. If...
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Acute kidney injury after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a significant risk factor associated with reduced survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)....
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Mitral annular disjunction in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients—a retrospective cardiac MRI study
BackgroundMitral annular disjunction (MAD), defined as defective attachment of the mitral annulus to the ventricular myocardium, has recently been...
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes’ determinants: an Italian retrospective cohort study based on Lombardia CARe
This study on the Lombardia Cardiac Arrest Registry (Lombardia CARe,) the most complete nationwide out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) registry in...
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Lower versus higher oxygen targets for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundSupplemental oxygen is commonly administered to patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, the findings from studies on oxygen...
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Neuropsychological outcome after cardiac arrest: results from a sub-study of the targeted hypothermia versus targeted normothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (TTM2) trial
BackgroundCognitive impairment is common following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but the nature of the impairment is poorly understood. Our...
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Indications for Cardiac Catheterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Resuscitated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Purpose of ReviewThe role of emergent cardiac catheterization after resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has evolved based on recent...
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Effect of annual hospital admissions of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients on prognosis following cardiac arrest
BackgroundAlthough the prognosis of patients treated at specialized facilities has improved, the relationship between the number of patients treated...
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Comparison of in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of trauma patients in Qatar
BackgroundCardiac arrests in admitted hospital patients with trauma have not been described in the literature. We defined “in-hospital cardiac arrest...
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Serum proteome profiles in patients treated with targeted temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
BackgroundDefinition of temporal serum proteome profiles after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may identify biological processes associated with...
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Pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Denmark
BackgroundPediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (POHCA) has received limited attention. All causes of POHCA and outcomes were examined during a...
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Can absence of cardiac activity on point-of-care echocardiography predict death in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis
AimThe purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the accuracy of the absence of cardiac motion on point-of-care...
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Performance of the MRI lesion pattern score in predicting neurological outcome after out of hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective cohort analysis
BackgroundDespite advances in resuscitation practice, patient survival following cardiac arrest remains poor. The utilization of MRI in neurological...
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Favourable neurological outcome following paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective observational study
BackgroundOut-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in children is rare and can potentially result in severe neurological impairment. Our study aimed to...
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Prehospital high-dose methylprednisolone in resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients (STEROHCA): a randomized clinical trial
PurposePatients who are successfully resuscitated following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are still at a high risk of neurological damage and...
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Outcome assessment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in Singapore and Japan with initial shockable rhythm
BackgroundSingapore and Osaka in Japan have comparable population sizes and prehospital management; however, the frequency of ECPR differs greatly...
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Serial assessments of cardiac output and mixed venous oxygen saturation in comatose patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
AimTo assess the association with outcomes of cardiac index (CI) and mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) in comatose patients resuscitated from...
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The effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed out-of-hospital and in-hospital with manual or automatic device methods and laboratory parameters on survival of patients with cardiac arrest
ObjectiveDetermining the predictive factors for cardiac arrest may be helpful in the management of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and...
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Sex and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival: a systematic review
BackgroundThe literature is unresolved on whether female receive advanced cardiac life support less than do male and on whether female have a...
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Performance of postmortem CT in the diagnosis of natural death from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
PurposePostmortem CT (PMCT) is used widely to identify the cause of death. However, its diagnostic performance in cases of natural death from...
