British heart journal
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British heart journal · Apr 1992
Negative extrathoracic pressure ventilation for phrenic nerve palsy after paediatric cardiac surgery.
To investigate the feasibility of negative extrathoracic pressure ventilation as a respiratory support following phrenic nerve palsy after cardiac surgery. ⋯ Negative pressure ventilation may be an alternative to positive airway pressure ventilation in the management of phrenic nerve palsy. A multicentre randomised controlled trial is now required to assess further the role of negative pressure ventilation in phrenic nerve palsy.
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British heart journal · Apr 1992
Cross sectional and Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of aortopulmonary shunts.
Shunt vessels were imaged and shunt flow was analysed by cross sectional and Doppler echocardiography in 12 patients who had had 14 shunt procedures (nine left Blalock-Taussig shunts, three right Blalock-Taussig shunts, one modified Waterston shunt, and one central shunt). ⋯ The combination of cross sectional and Doppler echocardiography may be useful for determining either the patency or the morphology of an aortopulmonary shunt.
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British heart journal · Apr 1992
Review Practice Guideline GuidelineRecommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (new abridged version). The "Utstein style". The European Resuscitation Council, American Heart Association, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and Australian Resuscitation Council.
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British heart journal · Apr 1992
Mortality within hospital after resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation outside hospital.
To determine factors related to mortality within hospital after successful resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation outside hospital by a mobile coronary care unit manned by a physician. ⋯ The in-hospital mortality of patients resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation outside hospital was related to patient characteristics before the cardiac arrest and to the immediate haemodynamic and neurological status after correction of ventricular fibrillation as well as to factors at the resuscitation itself. The in-hospital mortality of this study compares favourably with the results obtained by units staffed by paramedical workers and emergency medical technicians, although 35% (99/281) of the patients had ventricular fibrillation after the arrival of the mobile unit and defibrillation was thus rapid.