Resuscitation
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Comparative Study
Thrombolytic treatment of acute myocardial infarction after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
To investigate the safety and efficacy of thrombolytic treatment for an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) immediately after resuscitation in the out-of-hospital setting. ⋯ Thrombolytic treatment is a safe and effective treatment in AMI even after out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Biography Historical Article
Vladimir A. Negovsky the father of 'reanimatology'.
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Comparative Study
Clinical application of rapid quantitative determination of cardiac troponin-T in an emergency department setting.
We analysed the clinical use of Troponin-T compared to creatine kinase MB in a non-trauma emergency department setting. ⋯ Troponin T has proved to be an useful method for diagnosing myocardial damage in routine clinical use in the non-trauma emergency department.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Magnesium sulfate in the treatment of refractory ventricular fibrillation in the prehospital setting.
To determine if magnesium sulfate (MgSO(4)) improves outcome in cardiac arrest patients initially in ventricular fibrillation (VF). ⋯ We failed to demonstrate that the administration of 2 g of MgSO(4) to prehospital cardiac arrest patients presenting in VF improves short or long term survival.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Optimal Response to Cardiac Arrest study: defibrillation waveform effects.
Advances in early defibrillation access, key to the "Chain of Survival", will depend on innovations in defibrillation waveforms, because of their impact on device size and weight. This study compared standard monophasic waveform automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to an innovative biphasic waveform AED. ⋯ ICBTE was superior to MTE and MDS in defibrillation efficacy and speed and to MTE in ROSC. MTE and MDS did not differ in efficacy. There were no differences among the waveforms in refibrillation or survival.