Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Is there a need for cardiac arrest centers? by Pešić Ivan, Kasap Ana, Crevar Đuro

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Current Pharmacological Advances in the Treatment of Cardiac Arrest by Andry Papastylianou, S. Mentzelopoulos

“…Cardiac arrest is defined as the sudden cessation of spontaneous ventilation and circulation. …”
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Influence of the Level of Emergency Medical Facility on the Short-Term Treatment Results of Cardiac Arrest: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Interhospital Transfer by Je Young Chung, Yuri Choi, Jinwoo Jeong, Sung Woo Lee, Kap Su Han, Su Jin Kim, Won Young Kim, Hyunggoo Kang, Eun Seog Hong

“…This study aimed to elucidate whether direct transport of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients to higher-level emergency medical centres (EMCs) would result in better survival compared to resuscitation in smaller local emergency departments (EDs) and subsequent transfer. …”
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Laryngeal mask airway in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Yuet Nog Tang, Chun Tat Lui, Hin Tat Fung, Lap Yip Lee, Chu Leung Lau

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Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Practical and Comprehensive Review by Farida M. Jeejeebhoy, Laurie J. Morrison

“…Cardiac arrest during pregnancy is a dedicated chapter in the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care; however, a robust maternal cardiac arrest knowledge translation strategy and emergency response plan is not usually the focus of institutional emergency preparedness programs. …”
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Early Recognition of Foreign Body Aspiration as the Cause of Cardiac Arrest by Muhammad Kashif, Hafiz Rizwan Talib Hashmi, Misbahuddin Khaja

“…We present a 48-year-old male with no history of cardiac disease brought to the emergency department after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The patient was resuscitated after 15 minutes of cardiac arrest. …”
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Description of current status of implementation and management of cardiac arrest in China by Shuai Liu, Huadong Zhu, Nan Zhang

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Design and Deployment of a Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Surveillance System by Jordan Michel Duval-Arnould, Heather Marie Newton, Leann McNamara, Branden Michael Engorn, Kareen Jones, Meghan Bernier, Pamela Dodge, Cheryl Salamone, Utpal Bhalala, Justin M. Jeffers, Lilly Engineer, Marie Diener-West, Elizabeth Anne Hunt

“…By leveraging hospital information technology and medical device data, identification of pediatric cardiac arrest with an associated increased capture in the proportion of objective performance data is possible.…”
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Cardiac Arrest and Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case of Medical Heuristics by Tokunbo Ajayi, Jerome Okudo

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Association between Shock Index and Emergency Department Cardiac Arrest by Chao-Tung Chen, Pei-Ming Wang, Chao-Hsin Wu, Chih-Wei Wei, Tai-Lin Huang

“…In the emergency department (ED), early identification of patients at risk of cardiac arrest is paramount, especially in the context of overcrowding. …”
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest in a Youth with Multiple Arrhythmic Substrates by James Ainsworth, Adrian Ionescu

“…A 28-year-old male had ventricular fibrillation leading to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which was successfully resuscitated. His coronary arteries were unobstructed on invasive coronary angiography. …”
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Severe Prinzmetal’s Angina Inducing Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest by Bashar Khiatah, David Philips, Jonathan Dukes, Amanda Frugoli

“…It is rarely responsible for ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest; however, survivors with these complications are at increased risk for recurrent ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. …”
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Factors Affecting the Occurrence of Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest by Izabella Uchmanowicz, Wiesław Bartkiewicz, Jarosław Sowizdraniuk, Joanna Rosińczuk

“…This paper aims to discover the risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest (out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest (OHSCA)) which significantly affect the decision about prioritizing emergency interventions before dispatching medical emergency teams, risk of deterioration of the patient’s condition at the scene, and emergency procedures. …”
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Epidemiology and Outcomes from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Kuwait by Dalal Al Hasan, Ameen Yaseen, Mazen El Sayed

“…Background. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival remains low in most countries. …”
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Piperacillin-Induced Immune Hemolysis Presenting with Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest by Ghan-Shyam Lohiya, Lilia Tan-Figueroa, Vamsi Krishna

“…While being hospitalized, patient experienced sudden cardiac arrest from which he was successfully resuscitated. …”
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A Unique Case of Cardiac Arrest following K2 Abuse by Saif Ibrahim, Farah Al-Saffar, Thomas Wannenburg

“…We describe a case of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest temporally related to abuse of the synthetic cannabinoid street drug known as K2. …”
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Complement Inhibition as a Proposed Neuroprotective Strategy following Cardiac Arrest by Brad E. Zacharia, Zachary L. Hickman, Bartosz T. Grobelny, Peter A. DeRosa, Andrew F. Ducruet, E. Sander Connolly

“…Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a devastating disease process with neurological injury accounting for a disproportionate amount of the morbidity and mortality following return of spontaneous circulation. …”
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Psychological Conflicts in Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Out-of-HospitalCardiac-Arrest

“…Aim: Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) plays an important role in saving the lives of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. Although many factors have been suggested as barriers to performing CPR, the psychological processes and factors related to bystander CPR have not been sufficiently evaluated. …”
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Diurnal variation in brain injury after cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Fei Peng, Fei Wang, Bowen Gao, Ping Sun

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A Comparison of Cooling Techniques to Treat Cardiac Arrest Patients with Hypothermia by Anna Finley Caulfield, Shylaja Rachabattula, Irina Eyngorn, Scott A. Hamilton, Rajalakshmi Kalimuthu, Amie W. Hsia, Maarten G. Lansberg, Chitra Venkatasubramanian, J. J. Baumann, Marion S. Buckwalter, Monisha A. Kumar, James S. Castle, Christine A. C. Wijman

“…We sought to compare the performance of endovascular cooling to conventional surface cooling after cardiac arrest. Methods. Patients in coma following cardiopulmonary resuscitation were cooled with an endovascular cooling catheter or with ice bags and cold-water-circulating cooling blankets to a target temperature of 32.0–34.0∘C for 24 hours. …”
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