Sudden cardiac death in the young

M Ackerman, DL Atkins, JK Triedman - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Although the occurrence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young person is a rare event, it
is traumatic and often widely publicized. In recent years, SCD in this population has been …

Cardiac arrest: resuscitation and reperfusion

KD Patil, HR Halperin, LB Becker - Circulation research, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
The modern treatment of cardiac arrest is an increasingly complex medical procedure with a
rapidly changing array of therapeutic approaches designed to restore life to victims of …

Women have lower chances than men to be resuscitated and survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

MT Blom, I Oving, J Berdowski… - European heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Previous studies on sex differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) had
limited scope and yielded conflicting results. We aimed to provide a comprehensive overall …

Pre-arrest and intra-arrest prognostic factors associated with survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis

SM Fernando, A Tran, W Cheng, B Rochwerg… - bmj, 2019 - bmj.com
Objective To determine associations between important pre-arrest and intra-arrest
prognostic factors and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. Design Systematic review and …

Pulseless electric activity: definition, causes, mechanisms, management, and research priorities for the next decade: report from a National Heart, Lung, and Blood …

RJ Myerburg, H Halperin, DA Egan, R Boineau… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
At present, there is no single unifying definition for PEA. The common denominator is the
presence of spontaneous organized cardiac electric activity in the absence of blood flow …

Sex differences in survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a meta-analysis

H Lei, J Hu, L Liu, D Xu - Critical care, 2020 - Springer
Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of sudden cardiac
death worldwide. Researchers have found significant pathophysiological differences …

Sex-and age-based disparities in public access defibrillation, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and neurological outcome in cardiac arrest

M Ishii, K Tsujita, T Seki, M Okada, K Kubota… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Younger females with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in public locations
have less likelihood to receive public access defibrillation and bystander cardiopulmonary …

Hospital characteristics are associated with patient outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

D Stub, K Smith, JE Bray, S Bernard, SJ Duffy… - Heart, 2011 - heart.bmj.com
Objective Post-resuscitation care may influence outcome following transport to hospital after
resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). This study aimed to determine …

Sex differences in outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States

P Kotini-Shah, M Del Rios, S Khosla, O Pugach… - Resuscitation, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Approximately 1000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occur each day in
the United States. Although sex differences exist for other cardiovascular conditions such as …

Sex‐based disparities in incidence, treatment, and outcomes of cardiac arrest in the United States, 2003–2012

LK Kim, P Looser, RV Swaminathan… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Recent studies have shown improving survival after cardiac arrest. However,
data regarding sex‐based disparities in treatment and outcomes after cardiac arrest are …