Resuscitation
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Multicenter Study
Validation of a new proposal to avoid donor resuscitation in controlled donation after circulatory death with normothermic regional perfusion.
The use of abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (nRP) and premortem interventions in controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) may represent a significant advance to increase the number and quality of grafts recovered in cDCD. The main limitation for the widespread acceptance of nRP in cDCD is the concerns of restoring circulation to the brain once death has been declared should the thoracic aorta not be adequately blocked. ⋯ A total of 78 procedures with premortem cannulation and abdominal nRP were performed in four different hospitals. No case of heart or brain resuscitation was observed after nRP CONCLUSION: The use of premortem interventions before nRP and the aortic occlusion balloon may increase the number of grafts recovered in cDCD. Our proposed methodology avoids the ethical problem of resuscitation by guaranteeing that circulation to the heart and brain is not restored after nRP.
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Multicenter Study Pragmatic Clinical Trial
The cost-effectiveness of a mechanical compression device in out of hospital cardiac arrest.
To assess the cost-effectiveness of LUCAS-2, a mechanical device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as compared to manual chest compressions in adults with non-traumatic, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. ⋯ Our study demonstrates that the use of the mechanical chest compression device LUCAS-2 represents poor value for money when compared to standard manual chest compression in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Observational Study
Detection and quantification of gasping during resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
To detect and quantify gasping during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients and to investigate whether gasping is associated with increased return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). ⋯ The occurrence of gasping during CPR was high. Significant gasping volumes were measured. The presence or absence of gasping was not associated with ROSC, but higher gasping rate and deeper negative pressures were.