Search Tag: resuscitation
Sepsis in Critical Care
2022 16 Mar
Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit. Nearly 14 million adults and 2.5 million children survive sepsis each year worldwide. In addition, sepsis survivors are known to experience poor long-term outcomes and often develop functional limitations thereafter. It is thus evident that the long-term impact... Read more
RESCUE-IHCA Mortality Prediction Score for IHCA
2022 01 Feb
A new study aimed to develop and validate a score to accurately predict the probability of death for adult extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). ECPR is widely used as a rescue technique among patients with refractory cardiac arrest and in patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). ECPR... Read more
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests and Resuscitations During COVID-19
2020 25 Jun
New York City saw a three-fold increase in the number of cardiac arrests from March to April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic than during the same period in 2019. The purpose of this study was to understand the characteristics and outcomes of people who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrests during the pandemic in New York City and whether... Read more
Precise Automated Resuscitation with RESPIRA
2020 19 May
O ne of the major problems for hospitals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has been the lack of emergency ventilation devices. GPAINNOVA, a multinational company from Spain, has a simple and efficient solution to this – RESPIRA. Novel Approach RESPIRA is an ICU ventilator based on AMBU automation for assisted ventilation. It has been designed... Read more