Cardiovascular
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Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrest is the cessation of cardiac mechanical activity. Rhythms: VF (shockable), pulseless VT (shockable), PEA, asystole. High-quality CPR and early defibrillation are critical.
cardiac arrest
cardiopulmonary arrest
sudden cardiac death
SCD
OHCA
IHCA
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When someone's blood flow or breathing stops, seconds count. Permanent brain damage or death can happen quickly. If you know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you could save a life. CPR is an emergency procedure for a person whose heart has stopped (called sudden cardiac arrest) or who is no longer breathing. CPR can maintain the blood flow breathing until emergency medical help arrives.Take these…
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NCT05545176
Objectives/Hypotheses 1. Prehospital termination-of-resuscitation (TOR) rules were developed in North American and European sites. Whether they remained valid in different geographic, ethnic, and cultural background areas is still under de…
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NCT07579390
The STEPCARE-MAKE study is a predefined sub-study of the large Sedation, TEmperature and Pressure after Cardiac Arrest and REsuscitation (STEPCARE) trial, which evaluates the effects of three interventions in comatose adult patients resusc…
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NCT07028372
Less than 10% of patients eliciting out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survive, although 30% can be resuscitated by Emergency services before admission in Intensive Care Units (ICU). The majority succumb to Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome…
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NCT05142124
In Germany, 70.000 to 100.000 patients suffer from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) every year. More than half of these are due to cardiac causes. Despite the medical progress over the last decades, rates of survival with good neurolo…
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NCT06067204
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to compare prehospital ventilation strategies in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The intervention group is automatic ventilation and the control group is manual ventilation. The main question…
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NCT06538155
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) affects 275,000 people in Europe every year. In Italy alone, 50,000 people experience OHCA annually, with only 9% surviving. Half of the survivors suffer severe brain damage. Immediate CPR and defibril…
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NCT07009652
This study evaluates the feasibility of implementing a mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) team and optimizing patient transport logistics.
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NCT06939335
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether using Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves outcomes for adults who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a condition where the…
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