... manner of the study, informed consent was not obtained Cardiacarrest was defined as the absence of both spontaneous respiration and palpable pulse Cardiacarrest was described as witnessed arrest ... significant limitation of our study because some of the fluid given might have affected our findings However, blood samR360 Figure out -of- hospital cardiacarrest The impact of each variable on the ... hundred and five patients with out -of- hospital cardiacarrest were included in this study The demographics of these patients are presented in Table They had a mean age of 62.2 years and included 75...
... of vasopressin were similar to those of epinephrine in the management ofcardiacarrest and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) [17] On the other hand, most of the porcine models ofcardiacarrest ... very encouraging in the use of vasopressin as a single agent of choice for cardiacarrest On a systematic review and meta-analysis of 1,519 patients with cardiacarrest from randomized controlled ... to asphyxial cardiac arrest, which implies a different mechanism of induction ofcardiacarrest than electrical stimulation, and also leads to a severely hypoxic myocardium All of these facts...
... associated with immersion is the cause ofcardiacarrest due to drowning We here report the case of a patient who developed prolonged cardiacarrest because of drowning in the sea, a situation in ... hypothermia develops into cardiacarrest [7] However, it is generally difficult for all emergency departments to use CPB because of limitations in the availability of CPB or lack of manpower It can ... parameters, including a core temperature of 13.7°C, a pH of 6.29 and a base excess of -36.5, have been reported in survivors [4] This patient showed hypothermic cardiacarrest and asystole on arrival at...
... after CardiacArrest N Engl J Med 2002, 346(8):549-56 Bernard SA, Gray TW, Buist MD, Jones BM, Silvester W, Gutteridge G, Smith K: Treatment of comatose survivors of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest ... Hypothermia after CardiacArrest Anesth Analg 1959, 38:423-8 Bernard SA, Jones BM, Horne MK: Clinical trial of induced hypothermia in comatose survivors of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest Ann Emerg ... analysis of prognostic factors in survivors of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest with brain hypothermia therapy Crit Care Med 2000, 28:A168 Benson DW, Williams GR Jr, Spencer FC, Yates AJ: The Use of...
... as 24 hours after a cardiacarrest in a cohort of 407 normothermic patients, most of whom were survivors of an out -of- hospital cardiacarrest Using a predefined cutoff value of 33 ng/ ml, NSE measurements ... enolase a77% out -of- hospital arrests; b56% were out -of- hospital arrests; c85% were out -of- hospital arrests; dNSE levels were determined in 231 of 407 patients The clinical characteristics of patients ... Treatment of comatose survivors of out-ofhospital cardiacarrest with induced hypothermia N Engl J Med 2002, 346:557-563 Safar PJ, Kochanek PM: Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiacarrest N Engl...
... after resuscitation from cardiacarrest Crit Care Med 2006, 34:1935-1940 Laver SR, Padkin A, Atalla A, Nolan JP: Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: a survey of practice in intensive ... Committee on Resuscitation guidelines on hypothermia after cardiacarrest The German experience: still a long way to go? Crit Care 2006, 10:407 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) ...
... variables, and the estimated time of cerebral anoxia The time of onset ofcardiacarrest was only recorded in cases of witnessed cardiac arrest, and the estimated duration of cerebral anoxia was defined ... admitted to the intensive care unit of our institution for management of resuscitated cardiacarrest Among them, 10 patients (12%) sustained in-hospital cardiacarrest and were excluded Among the ... temperature of 33°C was achieved after a mean period of 187 ± 119 (range 30 to 600 min) after initiation of MIH (Table 1) In one patient, the intervals between cardiacarrest and initiation of MIH...
... neurologic outcome after cardiacarrest N Engl J Med 2002, 346:549-556 12 Hovdenes J, Laake JH, Aaberge L, Haugaa H, Bugge JF: Therapeutic hypothermia after out -of- hospital cardiac arrest: experiences ... François B, Dugard A, Etchecopar C, Vignon P: Efficacy and tolerance of mild induced hypothermia after out -of- hospital cardiacarrest using an endovascular cooling system Crit Care 2007, 11:R71 ... additional use of the cooling system (target temperature of 37°C for several hours) after rewarming appears an efficient technique to avoid ‘rebound hyperthermia’ and the activation of inflammatory...
... intravenous fluid in comatose survivors of out -of- hospital cardiac arrest: a preliminary report Resuscitation 2003, 56:9-13 Hypothermia after CardiacArrest Study Group: Mild therapeutic hypothermia ... Cobb LA: Pilot randomized clinical trial of prehospital induction of mild hypothermia in out -of- hospital cardiacarrest patients with a rapid infusion of degrees C normal saline Circulation 2007, ... hospital discharge among patients hospitalised alive after out of hospital cardiac arrest: change in outcome over 20 years in the community of Goteborg, Sweden Heart 2003, 89:25-30 Bernard S, Buist...
... number of patients receiving cardiac- only resuscitation, adherence to Utstein-style reporting (the standard for studies of out-ofhospital cardiac arrest) , 100% follow-up, and performance of multiple ... 30-day neurologic outcomes of bystanderprovided cardiac- only resuscitation to bystander-provided conventional CPR in 4068 adults victims of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest Not surprisingly, any ... than one in four cases of out-ofhospital cardiacarrest [3] Aversions to mouth-to-mouth breathing or the complex nature of this task are thought to underlie the low rate of bystander CPR An alternative...
... MK, Cobb LA: Pilot study of rapid infusion of L of degrees C normal saline for induction of mild hypothermia in hospitalized, comatose survivors of outof-hospital cardiacarrest Circulation 2005, ... after cardiacarrest N Engl J Med 2002, 346:549-556 Bernard SA, Gray TW, Buist MD, Jones BM, Silvester W, Gutteridge G, Smith K: Treatment of comatose survivors of out-ofhospital cardiacarrest ... the impact of therapeutic hypothermia on ICU LOS in patients with out-ofhospital cardiacarrest The major determinants of short ICU LOS and ventilator time in patients after cardiacarrest were...
... purpose of this study, CPR was defined as at least one cycle of chest compression and ventilation in patients with signs and/or symptoms ofcardiacarrest Patient care was at the discretion of the ... admission diagnosis, severity of illness, and morbidity of all patients admitted to the intensive care unit from 1999 to 2001 with cardiacarrest (n = 354) Cardiacarrest (n = 354) Hospital non-survivors ... from the care of patients who have undergone basic life support following cardiacarrest Although it may be true that patients with cardiacarrest incur considerable costs Page of (page number...
... population of patients with cardiac arrest, MTH had no influence on S-100 serum levels in survivors of non-traumatic outof-hospital cardiacarrest in the present investigation The predictive quality of ... the effect of therapeutic hypothermia on levels of serum S-100B protein in survivors ofcardiacarrest [32,33] Although Hachimi-Idrissi and colleagues [32] observed a mixed population of patients ... shocks, n 3.5 ± 2.6 3.8 ± 5.7 0.760 Arrest witnessed, % 40.5 51.6 0.411 Initial rhythm VF, % 66.7 51.6 0.220 Cardiac origin of arrest, % 91.9 64.5 0.052 Proof of any pathogen, %* 67.6 12.9 0.001...
... including: the scope of these templates for registry of cases of CA are limited to individuals with disease categorized as 'cardiac etiology' and 'witnessed arrest; and the specificity of prognostic ... results of ROC analysis, that a cut-off value of 80 ng/mL for peak NSE concentration predicted 'persistent coma' at a specificity of 100% with a sensitivity of 63% and a predictive accuracy of 88% ... analysis of the time-course of serum S100B and NSE levels would offer a more reliable indication of what is going on in the brain of the patient, which might be useful for optimization of therapeutic...
... protocol of care The protocol of care is fully described and timing limits are defined in Figure Patients with out -of- hospital cardiacarrest were handled on site by the Fire Departments of Paris ... 122 refractory cardiac arrests were screened in our institution The demographic data of these potential donors showed mostly men (80%), with a mean age of 41.6 ± 11.6 years Cardiacarrest occurred ... indications of extracorporeal circulatory assistance for out -of- hospital refractory cardiac arrest, similarly to hypothermic or poisoned patients [33] or some specific intrahospital cardiac arrests...
... extent of DWI abnormalities by measuring whole brain ADC values and the predicted clinical outcome of patients after cardiacarrest Wu et al [20] demonstrated in 80 comatose patients with cardiacarrest ... patients after out -of- hospital cardiacarrest In addition, there was a relationship between the GOS and the regional ADC values of the grey matter structures, in which cutoffs of ADC values were ... three months after out -of- hospital cardiacarrest • The relationship between the GOS and the regional ADC values of the cortex and deep grey nuclei was observed, and cutoffs of ADC values discriminated...
... value of brain diffusion-weighted imaging after cardiacarrest Ann Neurol 2009, 65:394-402 Page of Wu O, Sorensen AG, Benner T, Singhal AB, Furie KL, Greer DM: Comatose patients with cardiac arrest: ... Gray TW, Buist MD, Jones BM, Silvester W, Gutteridge G, Smith K: Treatment of comatose survivors of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest with induced hypothermia N Engl J Med 2002, 346:557-563 Hallstrom ... Diffusionweighted magnetic resonance imaging for predicting the clinical outcome of comatose survivors after cardiac arrest: a cohort study Crit Care 2010, 14:R17 Wijman CA, Mlynash M, Caulfield...
... increase risk of asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage in patients with out -of- hospital cardiacarrest The search for new interventions to improve outcomes for out -of- hospital cardiacarrest remains ... survivors of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest N Engl J Med 1997, 336:1629-1633 Böttiger BW, Motsch J, Böhrer H, Böker T, Aulmann M, Nawroth PP, Martin E: Activation of blood coagulation after cardiacarrest ... Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 2Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh...
... out -of- hospital cardiacarrest were recruited into the study The inclusion criteria were: 1) age more than 17 years, 2) cardiacarrest prior to the arrival of emergency personnel, 3) pre -arrest ... the acute event ofcardiacarrest rather than chronic illness Tissue hypo-perfusion during the early phase of post -cardiac arrest induces an increase in serum lactate because of anaerobic glycolisis ... marker of early outcome of patients with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after cardiacarrest We have demonstrated a role for plasma DNA as an early predictor of mortality in patients after cardiac...
... occurrence of NDEs [3] Other factors that might be important are the cardiac aetiology ofcardiacarrest [27], previous near-death or paranormal experiences [27], out -of- hospital cardiacarrest [25], ... one-fifth of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest patients report NDEs during cardiacarrest Higher Page of initial petCO2 and higher arterial blood pCO2 proved to be important in the provoking of NDEs ... chief of the intensive care unit of the Clinical Centre of Ljubljana, to Assistant Professor Gorazd Voga, the chief of the intensive care unit of the General Hospital of Celje, and to Professor...