Left Internal Mammary Artery Injury Requiring Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature by Ammar Al Hassani, Yassir Abdul Rahman, Ahad Kanbar, Ayman El-Menyar, Abubaker Al-Aieb, Mohammad Asim, Rifat Latifi

“…Penetrating injuries to the chest and in particular to the heart that results in pericardial tamponade and cardiac arrest requires immediate resuscitative thoracotomy as the only lifesaving technique and should be performed without delay. …”
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Effective Method Using a Stool in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on Dialysis Chair by Takeshi Ifuku, Takashi Hitosugi, Yoshfumi Kawakubo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kazuto Doi, Takeshi Yokoyama

“…Heart failure is the leading cause of death in dialysis patients. Cardiac arrest due to hypotension may also occur during dialysis therapy. …”
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Comparison of three- and six-component scoring models for predicting the futility in cancer resuscitation: a retrospective study by A. Pramono, N. Maryani

“…The futile for CPR (FORREST) score is a score to assess whether cancer patients who experience cardiac arrest will enhance or still die after being given resuscitation. …”
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Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Connected to the Pulmonary Artery in a 15-Year-Old Girl: Case Report and Discussion on Secondary Prevention of Sudden Death by Jérémy Laïk, Virginie Fouilloux, Philippe Aldebert, Linda Koutbi, Jérôme Hourdain, Philippe De Swardt, Fabrice Tiger, Anne Bellemain-Appaix, François Bernasconi, Laurent Jacq

“…A 15-year-old girl was referred to the local hospital after a resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. CT scan and coronary angiography revealed an ALCAPA. …”
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The Risk Factors for Mortality among Septic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the National Trauma Data Bank by Nadim Kattouf, Mohamad Assaf, Saadeddine Haidar, Rana Bachir, Mazen El Sayed, Ralph BouChebl

“…Among trauma patients who developed sepsis, age, chronic renal failure, cirrhosis, the development of cardiac arrest, acute kidney injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and stroke in the hospital were associated with in-hospital mortality. …”
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Survey of Oxygen Delivery Practices in UK Paediatric Intensive Care Units by Sainath Raman, Samiran Ray, Mark J. Peters

“…In acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiac arrest, and sepsis, there was a trend to aim for lower PaO2 as the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) increased. …”
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Early and Midterm Outcome of Surgical Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection by Sandy Adel, Karam Mosallam Eisa, Mohamed Adel Elgamal, Asmaa Gaber Rizk

“…Mortality occurred in 9 (33.33%) patients due to cardiac arrest during anesthesia induction in 1 (3.7%) patient, sepsis in 2 (7.41%) patients, LCOP in 4 (14.81%) patients and pulmonary hypertensive crisis in 2 (7.41%) patients. …”
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Performance of digital early warning score (NEWS2) in a cardiac specialist setting: retrospective cohort study by Amitava Banerjee, Riyaz Patel, Baneen Alhmoud, Daniel Melley, Tim Bonnici

“…We used logistic regression analysis with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) to measure discrimination.Results In 6143 patients admitted under cardiac specialties, NEWS2 showed moderate to low predictive accuracy of traditionally examined outcomes: death, ICU admission, cardiac arrest and medical emergency (AUC: 0.63, 0.56, 0.70 and 0.63, respectively). …”
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Cardiac Oscillations Complicating Brain Death Diagnosis by Brittany Bolt, Farid Muakkassa, Lindsay Bruening, Cameron Marcus, Brittany Cunningham, Erin Pawlak, Richard Gandee, Christopher Newey

“…We discuss here the case of a 27-year-old male who had a cardiac arrest following toxic gaseous exposure. He ultimately progressed to brain death but was identified as having cardiac oscillations during clinical assessments that complicated the diagnosis. …”
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Severe Adverse Drug Reaction to Gadobenate Dimeglumine by Benjamin D. Singer, Robert S. Woodrick, Jennifer B. Pedicano

“…Shortly after receiving gadobenate dimeglumine for magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvic vessels, he experienced cardiac arrest from which he was resuscitated. His course was complicated by profound distributive shock. …”
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Hemoperitoneum Secondary to Spontaneous Rupture of a Retroperitoneal Varix by Derrick D. Eichele

“…We present a unique case of a 56-year-old female with cirrhosis secondary to primary sclerosing cholangitis who presented with acute abdominal pain and hypovolemic shock prior to a cardiac arrest following a ruptured retroperitoneal varix without prior esophageal varices and a newly identified intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. …”
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Exploring effects of a booster workshop on progression and retention of resuscitation skills of residents when added to regular low-dose simulation by Hui-Wen Chen, Hung-Wei Tsai, Yi-Chun Chen, Yu-Jui Chiu, Enoch Yi-No Kang, Yi-Ting Hsu, S. Barry Issenberg, Jen-Chieh Wu

“…Abstract Background Improving the resuscitation and teamwork skills of residents is key to better outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest events. This study aims to explore the effects of regular low-dose simulation combined with a booster workshop on the progression and retention of resuscitation skills and teamwork among residents. …”
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Validation of Difficult Airway Physiological Score (DAPS) in Critically Ill Adults Undergoing Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department by Shahan Waheed, Junaid Abdul Razzak, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Ahmed Raheem, Asad Iqbal Mian

“…Postintubation desaturation, hypotension, cardiac arrest, and mortality postintubation were the serious outcomes. …”
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A Rare Case of the Digenic Inheritance of Long QT Syndrome Type 2 and Type 6 by Annejet Heida, Lisette J. M. E. van der Does, Ahmed A. Y. Ragab, Natasja M. S. de Groot

“…We report a 37-year-old woman with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation due to digenic inheritance of long QT syndrome type 2 (KCNH2 gene) and type 6 (KCNE2 gene). …”
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Hippocampal Necrosis in a Cat from Australia by Carl Adagra, Susan Amanda Piripi

“…The cat was witnessed to vomit and aspirate 24 hours after diagnosis leading to cardiac arrest and death. Postmortem examination revealed a subacute degenerative encephalopathy involving the hippocampus.…”
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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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