Heart disease in pregnancy and adverse outcomes: an umbrella review by Jiani Zhang, Jiani Zhang, Yuxin Ren, Yuxin Ren, Bingjie Li, Qi Cao, Qi Cao, Xiaodong Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Haiyan Yu, Haiyan Yu

“…Adverse outcomes for mothers were death, cardiac events (cardiac arrest, heart failure, surgery, arrhythmia, anesthesia or sedation, endocarditis, mitral regurgitation, myocardial infarction, NYHA III–IV, restenosis, syncope, and others), pulmonary events (respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, and respiratory support), embolism, cerebrovascular events, postpartum hemorrhage, arterial events, delivery mode, and hospital stay. …”
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Evaluation of a 90-minute school-based resuscitation course with 340 middle school students – a multicenter intervention study by Josephina Kehlert

“…The findings of this study support the statewide implementation of resuscitation training for middle school students as part of a greater ambition to increase bystander assistance in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. HintergrundZiel dieser Studie war es, den Lernerfolg eines 90-minütigen Reanimationsunterrichts, der von zuvor speziell ausgebildeten Lehrkräften in Brandenburg unterrichtet wurde, vor einer landesweiten Einführung dieser Kurse explorativ zu evaluieren.MethodenIn fünf öffentlichen Schulen unterrichteten Lehrkräfte, die von professionellen Erste-Hilfe-Ausbildern geschult wurden, 340 Schüler der siebten Klasse (7. …”
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Exploring Medical Students’ Self-Reported Confidence and Willingness Administering Basic Life Support (BLS) Following Peer-Led Training in the Context of COVID-19 by Sarah Allsop

“…Background: Basic life support (BLS) delivery improves prognosis following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and forms an integral part of undergraduate medical curricula, although limited literature has assessed student confidence in utilizing these skills. …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…Better Nurse Staffing Is Associated With Survival for Black Patients and Diminishes Racial Disparities in Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests. Medical Care, 59(2), 169–176. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001464 [24] Annas, G. …”
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Circulatory Collapse due to Hyperinflation in a Patient with Tracheobronchomalacia: A Case Report and Brief Review by Niclas Lundström, Gert Henriksson, Ola Börjesson, Malin Jonsson Fagerlund, Johan Petersson

“…We present a case of repeated cardiac arrests derived from dynamic hyperinflation in a patient with severe tracheobronchomalacia. …”
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Esmolol Use in Dual Axis Defibrillation Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation by Ankit Agrawal, Maria Cardinale, Douglas Frenia, Tarun Dalia, Chirag Shah

“…Cardiac arrest in an event of acute myocardial infarction most commonly results in life-threatening ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation (VF). …”
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Critical Care Management for Novel 2019 SARS-CoV-2 and HCoV-NL63 Coinfection in a Young Immunocompromised Patient: A Chicago Experience by Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales, Miguel Treminio-Quezada, Hasan Abad, Jessica Navarro-Motta, Pamela Contreras-Chavez, Anil Kachru, Chae Chu

“…Her clinical course exhibited complications, including pulmonary embolism, acute kidney injury, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, multiple cardiac arrests, and eventually death. Conclusion. Coinfection with other respiratory pathogens and opportunistic infections are possible.…”
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Prevalence, outcome and conduct of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in government hospitals of Nepal. by Pawan Kumar Hamal, Surendra Kunwar, Kapil Gautam, Ramesh Bhattarai, Rupesh Kumar Yadav, Ritesh Lamsal, Radeep Singh, Sonam Pathak, Nabin Pokhrel

“…<h4>Results</h4>The overall prevalence of CPR was found to be 1.92% [95% CI: 0.01,0.02] with 5.4% in central hospitals and 0.65% in provincial hospitals with 60% cardiac arrests occurring in the intensive care unit. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of an emergency department-based rapid response system by Fanny Delfanti, Guido Bertolini, Giovanni Nattino, Giulia Acquistapace, Daniela De Palma, Piergiuseppe Ferrari, Sara Martinenghi, Stefano Maiandi, Marco Rossi, Anna Lilia Ruocco, Maria Teresa Spina, Benedetta Chiodi, Stefano Paglia

“…Rapid Response Systems (RRSs) are designed to assist hospitalized patients who become unstable, aiming to address “failure to rescue” and prevent cardiac arrests. Despite global implementation, evidence of RRS effectiveness is controversial. …”
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Racial differences in takotsubo cardiomyopathy outcomes in a large nationwide sample by Raja Zaghlol, Amit K. Dey, Sameer Desale, Ana Barac

“…In unadjusted analysis, AA had more cardiac arrests [304 (3.8%) vs. 2569 (2.9%), P = 0.04], invasive mechanical ventilation [1671 (20.8%) vs. 15 897 (17.7%), P = 0.002], tracheostomies [242 (3%) vs. 1600 (1.8%), P = 0.001], acute kidney injuries [1765 (22%) vs. 14 608 (16.3%), P < 0.0001], and longer hospital stays [4.5 (3.2–4.8) vs. 3.8 (3.7–3.9) days, P < 0.0001] compared with Caucasians. …”
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