INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The objective was to analyze the characteristics and prognostic factors of in-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest in Spain. METHODS A prospective observational study was performed to examine in-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest. Two hundred children were studied, aged between 1 month and 18 years, with in-hospital cardiac arrest. Univariate and multivariate logistic ...

Background: Cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) is a severe public health problem and leading cause of death worldwide. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), basic life support (BLS) bedrock for improving people's survival after cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitation crucial. Through scientific evidence, empowering professionals focuses on education in vital identify attend CPA vic...

Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest is associated with injury to the vasculature and microcirculation leading to coronary microvascular dysfunction, permeability changes and cardiac dysfunction. In the setting of cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegia, poorly-controlled diabetes is associated with significant changes in endothelium-dependent and independent vas...

1. Resuscitation efforts may be withheld in any blunt trauma patient who, based on out-ofhospital personnel’s thorough primary patient assessment, is found apneic, pulseless, and without organized electrocardiographic (ECG) activity upon the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS) at the scene. 2. Victims of penetrating trauma found apneic and pulseless by EMS, based on their patient assess...

OBJECTIVE Oxidative stress contributes to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. We hypothesized that administration of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine would have beneficial effects on myocardial function after cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest. METHODS Anesthetized dogs (n = 18) were instrumented with myocardial ultrasonic crystals and a left ventricular micromanometer. Systol...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the role of emergency cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) after prolonged cardiac arrest and failed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and (2) the use of systemic hyperkalemia during CPB to convert intractable ventricular fibrillation (VF). METHODS Thirty-one pigs (34 +/- 2 kg) underwent 15 minutes of cardiac arrest after induced VF, followed by ...