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- Martinell, Louise, et al.
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Survival in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Before and After Use of Advanced Post Resuscitation Care
- 2010
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Ingår i: American Journal of Emergency Medicine. - : Elsevier. - 0735-6757 .- 1532-8171. ; 28:5, s. 543-551
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Knowledge of the epidemiology of postresuscitation care is insufficient. We describe the epidemiology of postresuscitation care in a community from a 26-year perspective, focusing on incidence, patient characteristics, survival, and estimated cerebral function in relation to intensified postresuscitation care and initial arrhythmia. Methods: The study included patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who were brought alive to a hospital ward in Goteborg, Sweden, between 1980 and 2006. Two periods (1980-2002 and 2003-2006) were compared. Results: In all, 1603 patients were included. For age, sex, and history, no significant differences between the 2 periods were seen. There was a significant multiple increase in bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the use of coronary angiography, coronary revascularization, and therapeutic hypothermia. The number of patients found in ventricular fibrillation (VF) decreased (P = .011).For all patients, I-year survival did not change significantly (27% vs 32%; P = .14). Among patients found in VF, an increase in I-year survival was found (37% vs 57%; P < .0001), whereas no significant change was seen in nonshockable rhythm (10% vs 7%; P = .38). Survivors to discharge displaying low cerebral function (ie, cerebral performance categories score >= 3) decreased from 28% to 6% (P = .0006) among all patients. Conclusion: After the introduction of a more intensified postresuscitation care, there was no overall improvement in survival but signs of an improved cerebral function among survivors. There was a marked increase in survival among patients found in a shockable rhythm but not among those found in a nonshockable rhythm. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Martinell, Louise, et al.
(författare)
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Survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest before and after use of advanced postresuscitation care: a survey focusing on incidence, patient characteristics, survival, and estimated cerebral function after postresuscitation care.
- 2010
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Ingår i: The American journal of emergency medicine. - : Elsevier BV. - 1532-8171 .- 0735-6757. ; 28:5, s. 543-51
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Knowledge of the epidemiology of postresuscitation care is insufficient. We describe the epidemiology of postresuscitation care in a community from a 26-year perspective, focusing on incidence, patient characteristics, survival, and estimated cerebral function in relation to intensified postresuscitation care and initial arrhythmia.
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