Resuscitation
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Incidence and outcome of adult in-hospital cardiac arrest in Beijing, China.
To assess the incidence and outcome of in-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCAs) in Beijing, China. ⋯ The incidence of IHCA in Beijing hospitals is high and the survival is poor compared to other industrialized countries.
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Multicenter Study
Long-Term Neurologic Outcomes following Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Evaluate long-term neurologic outcome for paediatric survivors of OHCA. ⋯ In this cohort study of neurologic outcomes for paediatric OHCA survivors, a favorable initial PCPC score was highly associated with stable long-term neurological outcomes. Those with poor neurologic status at initial discharge were unlikely to improve and were at greatest risk to die in follow-up. Future studies should focus on improving neurologic outcomes and prospectively evaluating the long-term neurologic course.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Ventricular ectopic burden in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated with targeted temperature management at 33°C and 36°C.
Life threatening arrhythmias are increasingly frequent with lower body temperature. While targeted temperature management (TTM) with mild hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is generally considered safe and has been suggested as a potential antiarrhythmic add-on therapy, it is unknown whether the level of TTM affects the burden of ventricular ectopic activity. We sought to assess the ventricular ectopic burden between patients treated with TTM at 33°C or 36°C for 24h. ⋯ Ventricular ectopic activity was reduced in comatose OHCA-survivors treated with TTM at 36°C compared to 33°C. Higher numbers of pre-hospital defibrillations were associated with higher incidence of ventricular ectopic activity.