Resuscitation
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Comment Letter
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest termination of resuscitation.
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Although various quantitative methods have been developed for predicting neurological prognosis in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), they are too complex for use in clinical practice. We aimed to develop a simple decision rule for predicting neurological outcomes following the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in patients with OHCA using fast-and-frugal tree (FFT) analysis. ⋯ A simple decision rule developed via FFT analysis can aid clinicians in predicting neurological outcomes following ROSC in patients with OHCA.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
The effect of different target temperatures in targeted temperature management on neurologically favorable outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide multicenter observational study in Japan (the JAAM-OHCA registry).
It has been insufficiently investigated whether neurological function after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) would differ by 1 °C change in ordered target temperature of 33-36 °C among patients undergoing targeted temperature management (TTM) in the real-world setting. ⋯ In this population, we evaluated the difference in outcomes after adult OHCA patients received TTM by 1 °C change in ordered target temperature of 33-36 °C and demonstrated that there was no statistically significant difference in neurologically favorable outcomes after OHCA irrespective of target temperature.
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Perinatal and neonatal deaths account for an increasing proportion of deaths under 5 years old. We present essential elements to reduce perinatal mortality, barriers to establishing these elements, and the role of developing emergency care systems. Essential elements for prompt perinatal and postnatal care are categorised based on care-seeking behaviours, access to a primary care facility and for the severely ill, access to advanced neonatal care. The role of emergency care systems is key to overcoming obstacles currently faced in countries with high perinatal and neonatal mortality rates.