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Myocardial dysfunction after cardiac arrest: tips and pitfalls
Postcardiac arrest shock (PCAS) is defined by hemodynamic instability occurring in the first hours after cardiac arrest (CA) and is a major cause of mortality among patients hospitalized after CA. It includes vasoplegia and myocardial dysfunction. This postcardiac arrest myocardial dysfunction is supposed to recover within the 3 days. However, there are many unknowns regarding its definition, its prognosis value and its management. In this review dedicated to emergency physicians, we choose to address tips and pitfalls they should know regarding this prevalent syndrome. (Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine)
Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Reviews Source Type: research

The performance of HEAR score for identification of low-risk chest pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Chest pain is one of the most common presentations to the emergency department (ED) and HEART score (history, ECG, age, risk factors, and cardiac troponin) is recommended for risk stratification. It has been proposed that the sum of four items with no troponin (HEAR score) below 2 can be used safely to lower testing and reduce length of stay. To assess the performance of the HEAR score in hospital and prehospital settings, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis. English studies on the performance of the HEAR score in patients with acute chest pain were included. They were excluded if data are inaccessible. MEDL...
Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Reviews Source Type: research

Dispatching citizens as first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mobile phone technologies to alert citizen first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) were implemented in numerous countries. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to investigate whether activating citizen first responders increases bystanders’ interventions and improves outcomes. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from inception to 24 November 2021, for studies comparing citizen first responders’ activation versus standard emergency response in the case of OHCA. The primary outcome was survival at hospital discharge or 30 days. Secondary outcomes ...
Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Reviews Source Type: research

Contributions of the Spanish Investigators in the Emergency Situations TeAm network to COVID-19 knowledge: an example of how emergency physicians can lead first-class research
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Viewpoints Source Type: research

The humanitarian aspects of the Russian-Ukrainian war as seen through the eyes of a French volunteer
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Viewpoints Source Type: research

The role of the European Society for Emergency Medicine in wartime
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Viewpoints Source Type: research

At the front line: again and again
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Supine versus sitting upright position electrocardiography in acute patients with chest pain
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Research Letters Source Type: research

Effect of a quality improvement initiative in reducing unnecessary use of bronchodilator for bronchiolitis in a pediatric emergency department
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Research Letters Source Type: research

Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and its associated factors among emergency department nurses in the Netherlands
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Research Letters Source Type: research

Cardiac arrest on TV: not so real, but surely a worth exploring tool
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Research Letters Source Type: research

Frequency of survival to hospital discharge after cardiopulmonary resuscitation on FOX TV’s The Resident
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Research Letters Source Type: research

Association of patient satisfaction with use of text message by an emergency medical communication centre
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Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Research Letters Source Type: research

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Algarve region of Portugal: a retrospective registry trial with outcome data
Conclusions The incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the Algarve was higher than in other jurisdictions while return of spontaneous circulation, survival to hospital discharge, and survival with good neurologic outcome were comparatively low. An aging population, a geographically diverse region, and a low incidence of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation may have contributed to these outcomes. These results confirm the importance of early cardiopulmonary resuscitation, early rhythm assessment, and early advanced life support, all of which are potentially modifiable throug...
Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The performance of COBRA, a decision rule to predict the need for intensive care interventions in intentional drug overdose
Conclusion In patients with a reported intentional overdose with drugs having potential acute effects on neurological, circulatory or ventilatory function, the COBRA decision rule showed good performances in predicting the need for intensive care interventions, with a NPV of 100% after 3 h of observation. (Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine)
Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research