Resuscitation
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Comparative Study
Students insert the laryngeal tube quicker and more often successful than the esophageal-tracheal combitube in a manikin.
Endotracheal intubation remains the standard of airway management. Because intubation skills are difficult to acquire, for medical students teaching of easier to learn techniques should be considered. ⋯ Following different training scenarios in a manikin, students were able to place the LT much faster than the ETC. Even brief training was sufficient to generate short insertion times for the LT.
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Comparative Study
Factors associated with a change in functional outcome between one month and six months after cardiac arrest: a retrospective cohort study.
The appropriate time point of evaluation of functional outcome in cardiac arrest survivors remains a matter of debate. In this cohort study we posed the hypothesis that there are no significant changes in Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) between one month and six months after out-of hospital cardiac arrest. If changes were present we aimed to identify reasons for these changes. ⋯ There is a relevant change of functional outcome even one month after out-of hospital cardiac arrest. Especially when studies compare patient groups with unequal arrest times, and an unequal distribution of initial cardiac rhythms a follow-up period longer than one month should be considered for the final outcome evaluation after cardiac arrest.