Cardiac arrestCerebral performance categoriesAim: To describe the epidemiology of children and young adults suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Patients: All patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in whom, resuscitation efforts were attempted in the community of G枚teborg ...
Thirty years ago, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in children and young people was called a rare event.(1,2) Etiologies were thought to be primarily respiratory and resuscitation efforts were directed at restoring ventilation or oxygenation. Most studies were limited by incomplete data collection includi...
Cardiac arrest with shockable rhythm (VF/pulseless VT) had a survival rate of 31.2% for young adults compared to 18.5% for older adults (p < 0.001). Conclusion Survival to hospital discharge rates from OHCA due to a ‘presumed cardiac’ precipitant in young adults is much ...
The main cause of death in this group was “acute myocardial infarction”, consisting of 12 cases. This cause is predominant among men from 35 to 39 years of age (8 cases). It is followed by cardiac arrest (6 cases), other cardiac arrhythmias (5 cases) and cardiomyopathies (5 cases)...
Nonetheless, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in young athletes and may be preventable in many cases. However, current screening methods in the USA are inadequate to identify those at risk with sufficient sensitivity or specificity, or in a practical or cost-effective ...
Barcan, A.et al. Predictors of Mortality in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction and Resuscitated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.2(1), 22–29 (2016). C D, J B, K S, S B, P C. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in young adults in Melbourne, Australia - Adding...
A case of a 14-year-old girl who had a cardiac arrest at an overnight camp provides a roadmap of how to plan for a rare but often fatal event. The practice article is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Sudden cardiac death is defined as death from unexpected circulatory arrest-usually a result of cardiac arrhythmia-that occurs within 1 hour of the onset of symptoms. Proper and timely identification of individuals at risk for sudden cardiac death and the diagnosis of its predisposing conditions are...
Post-arrest estrogen administration reduced injury in young males without significant changes in renal blood flow (percentage reduction compared with vehicle: serum urea nitrogen, 30%; serum creatinine (sCr), 41%; volume of necrotic tubules (VNT), 31%; P<0.05). In contrast, estrogen did not ...
those who had had an acute coronary event, namely acute myocardial infarction (AMI), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS), valve issues, heart rhythm disturbance, spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) or cardiac arrest in the previous 12 ...