Ethnic differences in sudden cardiac arrest resuscitation

The Aassociation between Pre-Cardiac Arrest Comorbidity and Unsuccessful Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest

Background and Objective: Patients suffering from cardiac arrest (CA) have poor prognosis and survival. The association of pre-arrest comorbidity with unsuccessful resuscitation in patients with CA is far from clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between pre-existing comorbidity and unsuccessful resuscitation following CA in Iranian patients. Materials and Met...

Sudden cardiac arrest – How can we improve results of resuscitation?

Death from heart disease has continued to diminish during the last two decades, but still half of those deaths are sudden, often occurring unexpectedly outside hospital, claiming at least 250.000 lives in Europe each year. What can we do to prevent this from happening and how can we successfully resuscitate the victim? When an arrhythmic sudden death occurs outside the hospital, the only chance...

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Arthur B. Sanders The modern era of cardiopulmonary resuscitat ion (CPR) has been marked by the development of closed-chest cardiac massage, art if icial respiration, and electrical defibri l lation into a practical set of techniques for the treatment of patients in cardiac arrest. After i ts introduction in 1960, closed-chest CPR was shown to be successful in resuscitating approximately 25% of...

In-hospital cardiac arrest and resuscitation outcomes: rationale for sudden cardiac death approach.

AIM To assess the frequency of cardiac arrest and outcomes and predictors of survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in hospitalized patients. METHODS We prospectively analyzed the data on all patients who experienced cardiac arrest while hospitalized at the Split University Hospital between January and December 2003. Data were collected on patients' demographic characteristics, etiology...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest