Resuscitation
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To examine whether early warning scores (EWS) can accurately predict critical illness in the prehospital setting and affect patient outcomes. ⋯ EWS in the prehospital setting appeared useful in predicting clinically important outcomes, but the significant heterogeneity between different EWS suggests that these positive promising findings may not be generalisable. Adequately powered prospective studies are needed to identify the EWS best suited to the prehospital setting.
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To examine whether early warning scores (EWS) can accurately predict critical illness in the prehospital setting and affect patient outcomes. ⋯ EWS in the prehospital setting appeared useful in predicting clinically important outcomes, but the significant heterogeneity between different EWS suggests that these positive promising findings may not be generalisable. Adequately powered prospective studies are needed to identify the EWS best suited to the prehospital setting.
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Review
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality: Widespread variation in data intervals used for analysis.
There is a growing body of evidence for the relationship between CPR quality and survival in cardiac arrest patients. We sought to describe the characteristics of the analysis intervals used across studies. ⋯ To facilitate comparisons across studies, a standardised definition of the data analysis interval should be developed; one that maximises the amount of cases available without compromising the data's representability of the resuscitation effort.