Resuscitation

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BACKGROUND: Mortality from in-hospital cardiac arrests remains a large problem world-wide. In an effort to improve in-hospital cardiac arrest mortality, there is a renewed focus on team training and operations. Here, we describe the implementation of a "pit crew" model to provide in-hospital resuscitation care. METHODS: In order to improve our institution's code team organization, we implemented a pit crew resuscitation model. The model was introduced through computer-based modules and lectures and was reemphasized at our institution-based ACLS training and mock code events...

OBJECTIVES: Serum creatinine levels in the post-resuscitative state have been associated with poor prognosis for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Several studies have focused on kidney dysfunction in the general population, and the results suggested that serum creatinine level elevation or reduction of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) are associated with increased risk of death and cardiovascular events. However, it is uncertain whether the serum creatinine levels or eGFR of OHCA patients are related to the incidence of OHCA...

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BACKGROUND: Guidelines emphasize the clinician to consider the use of ultrasound to determine the cause of cardiac arrest. In this study we aimed to investigate how Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FOCUS) shortly after return of spontaneously circulation (ROSC) was associated with the use of further diagnostic measures and if the detection of pulmonary embolism, cardiac tamponade and acute myocardial infarction could be improved. METHODS: A retrospective, single-center, observational study at a tertiary hospital to evaluate FOCUS performed by cardiologists within 60 minutes after ROSC...

BACKGROUNDS: In survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), acute kidney injury (AKI) is frequent and is associated with numerous factors of definitive renal injury. We made the hypothesis that AKI after OHCA was a strong risk factor of long-term chronic kidney disease (CKD). We aimed to evaluate long-term renal outcome of OHCA survivors according the occurrence of AKI in ICU. METHODS: We used prospectively collected data from consecutive OHCA patients admitted between 2007 and 2012 in a tertiary medical ICU...

BACKGROUND: It is widely accepted that survival from OHCA may be improved through direct transfer of patients to hospitals with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) capability. However, within the New Zealand healthcare system there is limited evidence available to support this. We aimed to compare patient characteristics and outcomes following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest between those patients transported to hospitals with or without PCI-capability within New Zealand. METHOD: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from the St John New Zealand OHCA registry for adults treated for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac aetiology between 1 October 2013 and 31 October 2018...

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INTRODUCTION: Witnessing traumatic experiences can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The true impact on healthcare staff of attending in-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCAs) has not been studied. This cross-sectional study examined cardiac arrest debriefing practices and the burden of attending IHCAs on nursing and medical staff. METHODS: A 33-item questionnaire-survey was sent to 517 doctors (of all grades), nurses and health-care assistants (HCAs) working in the emergency department, the acute medical unit and the intensive care unit of a district general hospital between April and August 2018...

OBJECTIVES: A higher survival rate was observed in Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) occurring during sports activities, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We tested the hypothesis that better initial management, rather than sports per se, may account for the observed better outcomes during sports activities. METHODS: Data was taken between May 2011 and March 2016 from a prospective ongoing registry that includes all SCA in Paris and suburbs (6.7 million inhabitants)...

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INTRODUCTION: Targeted temperature management (TTM) is a well-accepted neuro-protective intervention in the management of comatose survivors of cardiac arrest (CA). However, the impact of TTM on cardiac performance has not been adequately evaluated. METHODS: We reviewed data on consecutive CA survivors undergoing TTM at a quaternary cardiac intensive care unit between January 2015 and June 2017. Enrollment was restricted to cases with invasive hemodynamics (iHDs) at TTM initiation, every 8 h at target temperature (32-34 °C) and at completion of rewarming (>36 °C), unless precluded by mortality...

BACKGROUND: The associations between thoracic cage dimension, chest subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) depth and outcomes of adults with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) remain unknown. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated IHCA patients between January 2016 and October 2017. The thoracic cage transverse diameter, internal AP diameter, cross-sectional area, anterior and posterior SAT depths were measured in computed-tomography (CT) images. Using logistic regression models, we determined the adjusted associations between thoracic cage dimension, SAT depths and the prognosis for IHCA...

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BACKGROUND: First pass advanced airway insertion success is associated with fewer adverse events. We sought to compare out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) and supraglottic airway (SGA) first-pass success (FPS) rates between adults and children in a national cohort of EMS agencies. METHODS: We analyzed data from 2017 using a national cohort of 731 EMS agencies. Using multivariable logistic regression, we compared the odds of ETI and SGA FPS between adult (age >14 years) and pediatric (age ≤14 years) patients, adjusting for gender, ethnicity, indication, and drug facilitation...

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