Part 5: adult basic life support: 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care
RA Berg, R Hemphill, BS Abella, TP Aufderheide… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Basic life support (BLS) is the foundation for saving lives following cardiac arrest.
Fundamental aspects of BLS include immediate recognition of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) …
Fundamental aspects of BLS include immediate recognition of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) …
The diagnostic value of Red Flags in thoracolumbar pain: A systematic review
Abstract Purpose Red Flags (RFs) are signs and symptoms related to the screening of
serious underlying pathologies mimicking a musculoskeletal pain. The current literature …
serious underlying pathologies mimicking a musculoskeletal pain. The current literature …
Rapid exclusion of acute myocardial infarction in patients with undetectable troponin using a high-sensitivity assay
Objectives: This paper sought to evaluate whether high sensitivity troponin (hs-cTnT) can
immediately exclude acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at a novel 'rule out'cut-off …
immediately exclude acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at a novel 'rule out'cut-off …
A 2-h diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms in the Asia-Pacific region (ASPECT): a prospective observational validation study
Background Patients with chest pain contribute substantially to emergency department
attendances, lengthy hospital stay, and inpatient admissions. A reliable, reproducible, and …
attendances, lengthy hospital stay, and inpatient admissions. A reliable, reproducible, and …
Development and validation of the E mergency D epartment A ssessment of C hest pain S core and 2 h accelerated diagnostic protocol
Objective Risk scores and accelerated diagnostic protocols can identify chest pain patients
with low risk of major adverse cardiac event who could be discharged early from the ED …
with low risk of major adverse cardiac event who could be discharged early from the ED …
Diagnostic potential of circulating miR-499-5p in elderly patients with acute non ST-elevation myocardial infarction
F Olivieri, R Antonicelli, M Lorenzi… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Geriatric patients with acute non-ST elevation myocardial infarction
(NSTEMI) can frequently present atypical symptoms and non-diagnostic electrocardiogram …
(NSTEMI) can frequently present atypical symptoms and non-diagnostic electrocardiogram …
Frequency of chest pain in primary care, diagnostic tests performed and final diagnoses
BBN Hoorweg, RTA Willemsen, LE Cleef, T Boogaerts… - Heart, 2017 - heart.bmj.com
Objective Observational study of patients with chest pain in primary care: determination of
incidence, referral rate, diagnostic tests and (agreement between) working and final …
incidence, referral rate, diagnostic tests and (agreement between) working and final …
A belief rule-based decision support system for clinical risk assessment of cardiac chest pain
This paper describes a prototype clinical decision support system (CDSS) for risk
stratification of patients with cardiac chest pain. A newly developed belief rule-based …
stratification of patients with cardiac chest pain. A newly developed belief rule-based …
Prognostic utility of a modified HEART score in chest pain patients in the emergency department
J McCord, R Cabrera, B Lindahl… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The TRAPID-AMI trial study (High-Sensitivity Troponin-T Assay for Rapid Rule-
Out of Acute Myocardial Infarction) evaluated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin-T (hs-cTnT) in …
Out of Acute Myocardial Infarction) evaluated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin-T (hs-cTnT) in …
Can emergency physicians 'rule in'and 'rule out'acute myocardial infarction with clinical judgement?
Objective To determine the diagnostic accuracy of emergency physician gestalt in
emergency department (ED) patients with suspected cardiac chest pain, both alone and in …
emergency department (ED) patients with suspected cardiac chest pain, both alone and in …