Resuscitation
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Letter Retraction Of Publication
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Crimea: A snapshot of the problem in the post-Soviet space.
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Review Meta Analysis
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of dispatcher-assisted CPR on outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest in adults and children.
Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) has been reported in individual studies to significantly increase the rate of bystander CPR and survival from cardiac arrest. ⋯ These results support the recommendation that dispatchers provide CPR instructions to callers for adults and children with suspected OHCA. Review registration: PROSPERO- CRD42018091427.
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Fifty years ago, the ad hoc committee of the Harvard medical school provided the influential first guidance on confirming death using neurological criteria (DNC). Now 70% of countries have a legal or professional framework enabling DNC. ⋯ The legacy of the Harvard ad hoc committee has been a continuing development of our concepts of human death. There is a growing acceptance that ultimately all human death is brain based whether diagnosed using neurological criteria or using circulatory criteria after cardiac arrest.