A case report of an early neonatal death accompanied by disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 infection by Mitić Gorana P., Spasić Igor G., Panjković Milana D., Vučković Biljana A.

“…Upon delivery severe perinatal asphyxia was diagnosed in a neonate, manifested as atony and cardiac arrest. Despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the newborn passed away three hours after birth. …”
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Improving preparedness for time critical prehospital care: a descriptive study of the first responder system in Central Norway by Andreas Lindeman, Lars Eide Næss, Lars Vesterhus, Ann-Britt Maude Bakken, Andreas Krüger, Helge Haugland

“…Conclusion First responders are almost exclusively dispatched to high-severity incidents, with suspected cardiac arrest being the most common dispatch criteria. …”
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Diagnosing Cardiac Amyloidosis: From Heart Failure to Electrical Storm by Adithya T. Mathews, Abu-Sayeef Mirza, Chandrashekar Bohra, Akshay G. Mathews, Philip Ritucci-Chinni, Jamie L. Weber, William W. Bulkeley, Maqsood Siddique, David Whitaker, Richard Bowerman

“…She was found to be in shock and had multiple episodes of cardiac arrest with both ventricular tachycardia and pulseless electrical activity. …”
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Prehospital ultrasound from a neurological point of view by Lučić-Prokin Aleksandra, Ružička-Kaloci Svetlana, Živanović Željko, Popović Nemanja, Vlahović Dmitar

“…The prehospital POCUS is currently used as an adjunct tool for clinical assessments in trauma patients, cardiac arrest, hemodynamic instability, respiratory failure, and various other types of applications. …”
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Cardiogenic Shock due to Kounis Syndrome following Cobra Bite by W. D. D. Priyankara, E. M. Manoj, A. Gunapala, A. G. R. M. A. Ranaweera, K. S. Vithanage, M. Sivasubramanium, E. Snajeeva

“…Electrocardiogram, taken 6 hours after the cardiac arrest, showed ST elevations in leads V2 to V5 suggestive of anterior ST elevation myocardial Infarction (STEMI). …”
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Pitfalls of computed tomography angiography examination in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients: a case report of a patient with cardiac rupture by Hua-Liang Ying, Hui Zhao, Chao Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Weijun Song, Yongpo Jiang

“…Abstract Background Veno-arterial (V-A) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is commonly used for patients with cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, or heart failure and is a life-saving technique. …”
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Right-sided superior vena cava draining into the left atrium in a patient with persistent left-sided superior vena cava emptying into the right atrium: a case report by Lamia Jamjoom

“…Case presentation A 38-year-old man with a history of resected astrocytoma presented with seizures and cardiac arrest. Laboratory investigations revealed leukocytosis, hyperglycemia, severe acidosis, and elevated cardiac enzymes. …”
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DESCRIPTION LEVEL KNOWLEDGE STUDENT ABOUT BASIC LIFE SUPPORT IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MUHAMMADIYAH 1 GRESIK by Rizal Nurul Fajar, Cucuk Rahmadi Purwanto, Hafna Ilmy Muhalla

“…Until now, only a few of those with cardiac arrest and respiratory arrest get basic life support measures (BLS) from residents or people who look at location incidents. …”
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A Rare Case of Pneumonia Caused by Shewanella putrefaciens by Rajshree Patel, Albin Abraham, Johnson Thomas, Wanqing Zhi, Shadab Ahmed, Janice Verley

“…We present a case of 63-year-old male who was presented to emergency room status after cardiac arrest, fell into sea water face down. On the second day of hospitalization, he was diagnosed to have pneumonia based on the clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings. …”
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Recurrent Multivalvular Staphylococcus Lugdunensis Endocarditis Causing Complete Heart Block after TAVR by Preeti Singhal, Somsupha Kanjanauthai, Wilson Kwan

“…While awaiting surgery, the patient developed cardiac arrest; she was resuscitated and taken to surgery emergently. …”
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Critical Management of Haemodynamically Unstable Acute Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 by Eka Adip Pradipta, Vienna Rossimarina, Indira Kemalasari, Siska Suridanda Danny

“…In the isolation ward, he had a cardiac arrest, and bedside echocardiography showed a fresh thrombus had developed in the right atria with signs of acute right ventricular dysfunction. …”
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Pre-surgery Factors to Predict Mortality and Major Complications in Coronary Surgery with no Extracorporeal Circulation by Yanier Coll Muñoz, Francisco Javier Vázquez Roche, Dayan García Cuesta, René M. Cabrera Núñez, Claudio R. Pérez Alfonso, Lázaro de la Cruz Avilés

“…It would be important to know their effectiveness in patients who underwent surgery with no extracorporeal circulation and cardioplegic cardiac arrest. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> To determine risk factors to predict mortality and major complications in revascularized patients with no use of extracorporeal circulation and to analyze the behaviour of two stratification models of preoperative risk in cardiac surgery. …”
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Simulated clinical scenario of basic life support for adults in a hospital context: an integrative review by Camila Gomes Carvalho, Cláudio César Guimarães Martins, Iorana Candido da Silva, Renata Marinho Fernandes, Juliane Rangel Dantas, Ana Railka Oliveira-Kumakura, Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira

“…Supplies, parameters for cardiac arrest, organization, and team coordination stood out. …”
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Cardiovascular manifestations in COVID-19 patients by Jyotsna Maddury, Mani Krishna, Achukatla Kumar

“…COVID-19 disease induces multiple cardiovascular manifestations, such as myocarditis, acute myocardial injury, acute myocardial infarction (MI), stress-induced cardiomyopathy, cardiogenic shock, arrhythmias, and, subsequently, heart failure (HF) and cardiac arrest. Increase of troponin suggests a hyperinflammatory state or may be due to acute myocarditis. …”
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Sodium Bicarbonate Therapy in Patients with Metabolic Acidosis by María M. Adeva-Andany, Carlos Fernández-Fernández, David Mouriño-Bayolo, Elvira Castro-Quintela, Alberto Domínguez-Montero

“…Replacement of sodium bicarbonate to patients with sodium bicarbonate loss due to diarrhea or renal proximal tubular acidosis is useful, but there is no definite evidence that sodium bicarbonate administration to patients with acute metabolic acidosis, including diabetic ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, septic shock, intraoperative metabolic acidosis, or cardiac arrest, is beneficial regarding clinical outcomes or mortality rate. …”
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Cardiovascular disease risk in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus compared to diabetes mellitus and the general population by Jung-Yong Han, Soo-Kyung Cho, Yena Jeon, Gaeun Kang, Sun-Young Jung, Eun Jin Jang, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

“…CVD was defined as ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke, and cardiac arrest. Incidence rate and incidence rate ratio (IRR) of CVD were calculated using generalised estimating equation models. …”
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COVID-19 Mortality in a Pediatric Patient with Hemoglobin SC Disease and Alpha-Thalassemia Trait by Joshua E. Motelow, Stacie Kahn, Patrick T. Wilson

“…Despite showing clinical signs of improvement, he became acutely hypoxemic and suffered a cardiac arrest. We believe this to be an unusual case of a pediatric patient with HbSC disease and COVID-19. …”
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Real-World Experience with Cangrelor as Adjuvant to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Single-Centre Observational Study by Troels Thim, Lars Jakobsen, Rebekka Vibjerg Jensen, Nicolaj Støttrup, Ashkan Eftekhari, Erik Lerkevang Grove, Sanne Bøjet Larsen, Jacob Thorsted Sørensen, Steen Carstensen, Sahar Amiri, Karsten Tange Veien, Evald Høj Christiansen, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Michael Maeng, Steen Dalby Kristensen

“…Among acute procedures, patients were mainly treated for STEMI (n = 723) and the remaining were treated for cardiac arrest and acute heart failure. Use of oral P2Y12 inhibitors prior to percutaneous coronary intervention was rare. …”
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Unexpectedly life-threatening meal: Contamination by Bongkrekic acid in Taiwan by Ching-Hsiang Yu, En-Chih Liao, Yu-Jang Su

“…The second case, a 39-year-old man, was found unconscious and experiencing cardiac arrest. He eventually died after 30 min of cardiopulmonary resuscitation following admission to the intensive care unit. …”
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Manual Compression versus Suture-Mediated Closure Device Technique for VA-ECMO Decannulation by Clemens Scherer, Christopher Stremmel, Enzo Lüsebrink, Thomas J. Stocker, Konstantin Stark, Carmen Schönegger, Antonia Kellnar, Jan Kleeberger, Maja Hanuna, Tobias Petzold, Sven Peterss, Daniel Braun, Jörg Hausleiter, Christian Hagl, Steffen Massberg, Martin Orban

“…We retrospectively analyzed 180 consecutive patients weaned from VA-ECMO after cardiac arrest or cardiogenic shock from January 2012 to June 2020. …”
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