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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Midazolam for Post-Arrest Sedation in Pre-Hospital Emergency Care—a Multicenter Propensity Score Analysis.
An out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) may need to be treated with airway management, emergency ventilation, invasive interventions, and post-arrest sedation. We investigated the influence of the use of midazolam for post-arrest sedation on achieving postresuscitation care targets and the associated risk of hemodynamic complications. ⋯ The pre-hospital administration of midazolam leads to more frequent pre-hospital attainment of the oxygenation and ventilation targets in post-resuscitation care, without any evidence of an elevated risk of hemodynamic complications.