Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Known as: Out-of-Hospital Heart Arrests, Heart Arrests, Out-of-Hospital, Out of Hospital Heart Arrest 
Occurrence of heart arrest in an individual when there is no immediate access to medical personnel or equipment.
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
BACKGROUND Three million people in Sweden are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Whether this training increases the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Targeted temperature management at 33°C versus 36°C after cardiac arrest.
BACKGROUND Unconscious survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have a high risk of death or poor neurologic function… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Immediate percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with better survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: insights from the PROCAT (Parisian Region Out of hospital Cardiac ArresT…
BACKGROUND Acute coronary occlusion is the leading cause of cardiac arrest. Because of limited data, the indications and timing… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome.
CONTEXT The health and policy implications of regional variation in incidence and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Minimally interrupted cardiac resuscitation by emergency medical services for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
CONTEXT Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a major public health problem. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the survival of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Implementation of a standardised treatment protocol for post resuscitation care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
BACKGROUND Mortality among patients admitted to hospital after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is high. Based on recent… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Effectiveness of bystander-initiated cardiac-only resuscitation for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
BACKGROUND Previous animal and clinical studies suggest that bystander-initiated cardiac-only resuscitation may be superior to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Public-access defibrillation and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
BACKGROUND The rate of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is low. It is not known whether this rate will increase if… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Amiodarone for resuscitation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation.
BACKGROUND Whether antiarrhythmic drugs improve the rate of successful resuscitation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Effectiveness of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
OBJECTIVE To examine the independent relationship between effectiveness of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and… (More)
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