It was with great interest we read the paper by Lott et al. presenting European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Guidelines 2021: Cardiac arrest in special circumstances.1Lott C. al.European cardiac circumstances.Resuscitation. 2021; 161: 152-219Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (112) Google Scholar We like to express our gratitude this collaboration group describing treatment of traumatic (TCA) ...

Background: Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade are the rare complications of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC insertion) in extreme low birth weight infants. In this regard, paying attention to these complications is of utmost importance, because they can result in infant death. Case report: The case of our infant is a sa...

OBJECTIVES To identify whether the practice of the UK ambulance trusts comply with national recommendations with respect to when ambulance personnel are allowed to recognise death and/or terminate resuscitation attempts in the adult, normothermic, non-traumatic cardiac arrest. METHODS Questionnaire study of 39 ambulance trusts. RESULTS At the time of the study (summer 2000), 23 trusts opera...

Purpose. Administration of supplemental oxygen is common in paediatric intensive care. We explored the current practice of oxygen administration using a case vignette in paediatric intensive care units (PICU) in the united kingdom. Methods. We conducted an online survey of Paediatric Intensive Care Society members in the UK. The survey outlined a clinical scenario followed by questions on oxyge...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between prevalence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) related thoracic injury and patients' volume dimensions. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, from August 2015 to 2019. METHODOLOGY Patients, who were in hospital due a non-traumatic cause, had experienced cardiac arrest ...

Therapeutic hypothermia has been advocated for neuroprotection in cardiac arrest-induced encephalopathy, neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, hepatic encephalopathy, and spinal cord injury, and as an adjunct to certain surgical procedures. In this review, we address physiological mechanism of hypothermia to mitigate neurological injury, the trials that have ...

INTRODUCTION Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in athletes is an unexpected life-threatening event, which is often not recognised early and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is not always initiated immediately. We describe key features to rapidly recognise non-traumatic SCA in athletes during sports activity. METHODS We reviewed videos and images of athletes suffering from non-traumatic SCA durin...

trauma is the leading cause of death in united states in the younger population. cardiac trauma is common following blunt chest injuries and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. this study discusses various multidetector computed tomography (mdct) findings of cardiac trauma. cardiac injuries are broadly categorized into the most commonly occurring blunt cardiac injury and the less c...

BACKGROUND Blunt Traumatic Pericardial Rupture (BTPR) with resulting cardiac herniation following chest trauma is an unusual and often fatal condition. Although there has been a multitude of case reports of this condition in past literature, the recurring theme is that of a missed injury. Its occurrence in severe blunt trauma is in the order of 0.4%. It is an injury that frequently results in p...