Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary and Cerebral Resuscitation. by Victor Rene Navarro Machado, Omar Bárbaro Rojas Santana, Alba Enseñat Álvarez, Arelys Falcón Hernandez

“…It is the group of procedures that should be accomplished to restore circulation and ventilation in a patient with cardiac arrest, including actions to reintegrate upper neurological functions after restoring cardiac function. …”
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Severe acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy by Bhaskar Narayan

“…In severe cases, it causes haemodynamic instability and can lead to cardiac arrest due to obstructive shock. Patients with acute PE can be risk stratified to guide their monitoring and treatment; this article focuses on intermediate- and high-risk PE. …”
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Systemic Amyloidosis: A Rare Presentation of Mesenteric Angina by Christopher N Andrews, Jack N Amar, Malcolm MM Hayes, Robert A Enns

“…Systemic amyloidosis involving intestinal small vasculature without larger arterial involvement was diagnosed at autopsy after the patient died of an asystolic cardiac arrest. Mesenteric angina without evidence of ischemic enteritis or pseudo-obstruction is a rare manifestation of amyloidosis.…”
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Crack Cocaine-Induced Cardiac Conduction Abnormalities Are Reversed by Sodium Bicarbonate Infusion by Carlos Henrique Miranda, Antônio Pazin-Filho

“…We report a dramatic case of a 19-year-old man with crack cocaine overdose with important clinical complications as cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and epileptics status. …”
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Individualized autoregulation-guided arterial blood pressure management in neurocritical care by Jonathan R. Gomez, Bhagyashri U. Bhende, Rohan Mathur, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Vishank A. Shah

“…Utilizing these monitors, researchers have been able to discern CA patterns in several pathological states, such as but not limited to acute ischemic stroke, spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, sepsis, and post-cardiac arrest, and they have found CA to be altered in these patients. …”
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Comparison of Mortality Risk Models in Patients with Postcardiac Arrest Cardiogenic Shock and Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support by Georgios Chatzis, Birgit Markus, Styliani Syntila, Christian Waechter, Ulrich Luesebrink, Holger Ahrens, Dimitar Divchev, Bernhard Schieffer, Konstantinos Karatolios

“…Retrospective study of 65 consecutive Impella 2.5 and 32 CP patients treated in our cardiac arrest center from September 2015 until June 2020. …”
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Nursing care of a patient after pericardiocentesis in terms of the International Classification of Nursing Practice ICNP® – a case study by Filip M. Tkaczyk

“…Pathological accumulation of fluid in the pericardial cavity is an immediate life-threatening condition and may be the cause of sudden cardiac arrest. The aim of this study is to present the nursing process of a patient after pericardiocentesis using the terminology of the International Classification of Nursing Practice ICNP®. …”
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Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation by Mahmoud Abdelghany, Luis Gonzalez, John Slater, Christopher Begley

“…At the emergency department she suffered from a cardiac arrest and was found to have a colon perforation. …”
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Early Detection and Management of Massive Intraoperative Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient Undergoing Repair of a Traumatic Acetabular Fracture by Tobechi E. Okoronkwo, XueWei Zhang, Jessica Dworet, Matthew Wecksell

“…After induction of anesthesia and surgical positioning, the patient went into cardiac arrest. After intraoperative cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and placement on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), the patient stabilized. …”
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Vibrio vulnificus specie isolation in series blood culture. A case report. by Elio Jesús Núñez Tamayo, Susana Chamero Melgarejo, Julián Viera Yanez, Belkys Rodríguez Llerena, Nancy Ramírez Martínez, Dania Peñaranda Pordomingo, Annia Alvarado Borges

“…This patient progresses rapidly to cardiac arrest, is reanimated , and is admitted at the ICU with control pressuremetric ventilation. …”
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Risen Alive: The Lazarus Phenomenon by Waqar Haider Gaba, Shahad Abobakar El Hag, Shaima Mustafa Bashir

“…On the 16th day of admission, the patient experienced cardiac arrest (code blue). The patient underwent 73 min of continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); however, no responses were observed, which led to an announcement of death. …”
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An unusual case of chest pain by Gabriella Nucera, Giulia Cantoni, Pietro Marino

“…Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) should be considered in any young patient, especially young women, without a history of coronary heart disease or risk factors, who presents with an acute myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest.…”
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Investigating BLS instructors’ ability to evaluate CPR performance: focus on compression depth, rate, and recoil by Shih-Jhan Lin, Chih-Jan Chang, Shao-Chung Chu, Ying-Hsin Chang, Ming-Yuan Hong, Po-Chang Huang, Chia-Lung Kao, Chih-Hsien Chi

“…Abstract Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) presents significant challenges with low survival rates, emphasizing the need for effective bystander CPR training. …”
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Are Saudi Radiological Sciences Students Prepared for Emergencies? Exploring Knowledge, and Attitudes Towards Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Alshamrani KM, Alkhayyat AA, Arif RN, Alahmadi AAS, Aldahery ST, Alsharif WM, Qurashi AA

“…A significant correlation was found between BLS training and the ability to perform cardiac massage during cardiac arrest and respiratory standstill, with 44.1% of students demonstrating this knowledge (P < 0.0001). …”
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Anthracyclines and Acquired Long QT Syndrome. A Case Report by Carlos Rodríguez Armada, Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés

“…Acquired long QT syndrome results from secondary causes and can be caused by more than 100 non-antiarrhythmic drugs. Cardiac arrest due to Torsades de pointes induced by drugs causing prolonged QT syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal event, even in hospitals. …”
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The Use of Adenosine to Enable Safe Implantation of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve by Vicki Zeniou, Shmuel Chen, Mony Shuvy, David Luria, Chaim Lotan, Haim D. Danenberg

“…Here we report a case of failure to pace during valve-in-valve (VIV) Edwards Sapien XT implantation in the tricuspid valve position. Transient cardiac arrest was induced by intravenous adenosine injection enabling accurate valve implantation.…”
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Ventricular Fibrillation following Varicella Zoster Myocarditis by Adam Ioannou, Irene Tsappa, Sofia Metaxa, Constantinos G. Missouris

“…We present a case of a 46-year-old male patient who developed VZV myocarditis and presented with recurrent syncopal episodes followed by a cardiac arrest. He had a further collapse eight years later, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated mild mid-wall basal and inferolateral wall fibrosis. …”
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An open window: the crucial role of the gut-brain axis in neurodevelopmental outcomes post-neurocritical illness by Victoria Ronan

“…The most common diagnoses for a neurocritical illness admission include traumatic brain injury, status epilepticus, post-cardiac arrest, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, meningo/encephalitis, and stroke. …”
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Association Between Fentanyl Use and Post-Intubation Mean Arterial Pressure During Rapid Sequence Intubation: Prospective Observational Study by Abdullah Bakhsh, Ahmad Bakhribah, Raghad Alshehri, Nada Alghazzawi, Jehan Alsubhi, Ebtesam Redwan, Yasmin Nour, Ahmed Nashar, Elmoiz Babekir, Mohamed Azzam

“…Nonetheless, RSI may result in fatal complications such as peri-intubation cardiac arrest. The risk of peri-intubation cardiac arrest reportedly increases in patients who are profoundly hypoxic or hypotensive prior to endotracheal intubation. …”
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Christ's crucifixion as a medico-historical event by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…He probably died from the classical progressive asphyxia syndrome and hypovolaemic shock typical of the crucifixion process, finally ending in cardiac arrest as result of a vaso-vagal reflex. The latter could have been elicited by intense pain due to various causes, although hypoxaemia per se or various other less common conditions could also have pertained. …”
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