Blood Lactate or Lactate Clearance: Which Is Robust to Predict the Neurological Outcomes after Cardiac Arrest? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

fluid resuscitation, which fluid is the best for each patient? a systematic review and meta analysis

conclusions the results of this meta-analysis show that colloid fluids can increase the successful resuscitation rate compared to crystalloid fluids especially in traumatic and hypovolemic patients.some of the colloids like albumin and dextran have a positive effect on reducing the mortality rate but others like hetastarch (hes) increase the mortality rate compared to normal saline (ns). result...

Prognostic implications of blood lactate concentrations after cardiac arrest: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND Elevated lactate concentration has been associated with increased mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (CA). We investigated the variables associated with high blood lactate concentrations and explored the relationship between blood lactate and neurological outcome in this setting. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of an institutional database that included all ad...

"Lactate Shift," Rather Than "Lactate Clearance," for Serial Blood Lactate Monitoring?

Epinephrine in cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective: evaluate the effectiveness of epinephrine used during cardiac arrest and its effect on the survival rates and neurological condition. Method: systematic review of scientific literature with meta-analysis, using a random effects model. The following databases were used to research clinical trials and observational studies: Medline, Embase and Cochrane, from 2005 to 2015. Results: ...

Maternal Anemia and Pregnancy outcomes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background  The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between maternal anemia during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. Materials and Methods  This systematic review was conducted in domestic (Sid, Iran.doc, Iran medex and Magiran) and international (PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane, Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, Springer, Embase, Google scholar) databases from January 1, 1990 t...