Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people (such as the unexpected near fatal cardiac arrest suffered by the-then 23 year old footballer Fabrice Muamba), but the microscopic heart muscle abnormalities behind these tragic events can only be picked up in ...
Identification of the characteristics of occlusive myocardial infarction: are there any tell-tale signs? Occlusive MI patients tended to have ST elevation (63.5% vs 29.9%: p<0.001), cardiogenic shock (9.1% vs 2.1%; p<0.001) cardiac arrest (5.3% vs ... C Knoery,KM Mcewan,MM Manktelow,....
Cardiac arrest unwitnessed by paramedics, rural, inter-hospital, non-emergency, and air transfers were excluded. Area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) was assessed. Logistic regression with a restricted cubic spline function was used to assess the ability of four physiological ...
patient safety. Patient Safety First’s intervention on reducing harm from deterioration provides guidance to help. It is designed to reduce avoidable harm as well as in-hospital cardiac arrest and mortality rates through earlier recognition and treatment of deteriorating adult patients. T k g T T...