Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the emergency department: A retrospective patient selection evaluation
BACKGROUND
There is an increasing use of extracorporeal life support in refractory cardiac arrest. Recent studies highlighted the importance of an early and accurate patient selection for this invasive procedure.
OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study was to retrospectively validate a six-criteria-screening-checklist (witnessed collapse, bystander-cardiopulmonary resuscitation/first medical contact
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Resuscitation Source Type: research