Resuscitation
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Review Meta Analysis
Prone cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A scoping and expanded grey literature review for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prone CPR is an acceptable choice in the setting of COVID-19 where turning a patient supine may create delays or added risk to patient or staff.
pearl -
Review Meta Analysis
Prone cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A scoping and expanded grey literature review for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prone CPR is an acceptable choice in the setting of COVID-19 where turning a patient supine may create delays or added risk to patient or staff.
pearl -
Review Meta Analysis
Prone cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A scoping and expanded grey literature review for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prone CPR is an acceptable choice in the setting of COVID-19 where turning a patient supine may create delays or added risk to patient or staff.
pearl -
Letter Review Case Reports
Cardiac tamponade as a cause of cardiac arrest in severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
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Cardiac arrests associated with shockable rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation or pulseless VT (VF/pVT) are associated with improved outcomes from cardiac arrest. The more defibrillation attempts required to terminate VF/pVT, the lower the survival. Double sequential defibrillation (DSD) has been used for refractory VF/pVT cardiac arrest despite limited evidence examining this practice. We performed a systematic review to summarize the evidence related to the use of DSD during cardiac arrest. ⋯ The use of double sequential defibrillation was not associated with improved outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, however the current literature has a number of limitations to interpretation. Further high-quality evidence is needed to answer this important question.