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Sudden cardiac arrest in patients with cancer in the general population: insights from the Paris-SDEC registry

Heart BMJ

Background Data on the management of patients with cancer presenting with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are scarce. Methods Prospective, population-based registry including every out-of-hospital SCA in adults in Paris and its suburbs, between 2011 and 2019, with a specific focus on patients with cancer.

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Impact of Updating the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Guidelines on Out?of?Hospital Shockable Cardiac Arrest: A Population?Based Cohort Study in Japan

Journal of the American Heart Association

However, few national population‐based studies have investigated the comprehensive effectiveness of those updates for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest due to shockable rhythms. in 2006, and 3.01 in 2015). in 2006, and 3.01

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A 40-something presented after attempted prehospital resuscitation with persistent Ventricular Fibrillation

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Two recent interventions have proven in randomized trials to improve neurologic survival in cardiac arrest: 1) the combination of the ResQPod and the ResQPump (suction device for compression-decompression CPR -- Lancet 2011 ) and 2) Dual Sequential defibrillation.

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The BE-ALIVE score: assessing 30-day mortality risk in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes

Open Heart

Methods and results 2407 consecutive patients presenting to Harefield Hospital with measured arterial blood gases, from January 2011 to December 2020, were studied to build the training set. 30-day mortality in this group was 17.2%. 1 point, 5–9.9: The validation metrics were excellent with a c-statistic of 0.9,

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ECG Blog #370 — A Post-Arrest Tachycardia.

Ken Grauer, MD

What is the cardiac rhythm shown in the long lead II rhythm strip? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today’s case — obtained from an elderly woman following successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest. ( To improve visualization — I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ). ECG Blog #138 — AFlutter vs Atrial Tachycardia.

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Tachycardia, fever to 105, and ischemic ST Elevation -- a Bridge too Far

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

If a patient presents with chest pain and a normal heart rate, or with shockable cardiac arrest, then ischemic appearing ST elevation is STEMI until proven otherwise. In this abstract from 2011, we found that 4%(4 of 99) type 2 MI and 38% of type 1 MI had ST Elevation.

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Abstract Sa901: In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest After Cardiac Surgery: Incidence, Prognostic Features, and Outcomes at a Single Institution From 2011-2024

Circulation

Introduction:In the United States, the incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) ranges from 0.1-0.5% IHCA after cardiac surgery is unique because patients are often monitored closely and arrest etiologies are frequently reversible. The primary outcome was the incidence of cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery.