End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) at intubation and its increase after 10 minutes resuscitation predicts survival with good neurological outcome in out-of-hospital …

E Baldi, ML Caputo, C Klersy, C Benvenuti, E Contri… - Resuscitation, 2022 - Elsevier
Aim To evaluate whether end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) value at intubation and its early
increase (10 min) after intubation predict both the survival to hospital admission and the …

Development of a clinical decision rule for the early prediction of shock-refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

JR Lupton, J Jui, MR Neth, R Sahni, MR Daya… - Resuscitation, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Nearly half of ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) out-of-
hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients receive three or more shocks, often referred to as …

Optimizing defibrillation during cardiac arrest

G Babini, L Ruggeri, G Ristagno - Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Real-time ECG analysis and AMSA have the potential to predict ventricular fibrillation
termination, return of spontaneous circulation and even survival, with discretely high …

Capnography for monitoring of the critically Ill patient

BS Nassar, GA Schmidt - Clinics in chest medicine, 2022 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Capnography has become ubiquitous in critical care, presenting new opportunities and
challenges in interpretation. 1 Carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement uses infrared …

High central venous pressure amplitude predicts successful defibrillation in a porcine model of cardiac arrest

C Balzer, SS Eagle, D Yannopoulos, TP Aufderheide… - Resuscitation, 2023 - Elsevier
Aim Increasing venous return during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been shown
to improve hemodynamics during CPR and outcomes following cardiac arrest (CA). We …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-charging the defibrillator before rhythm analysis reduces hands-off time in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with shockable rhythm

BN Iversen, C Meilandt, U Væggemose, CJ Terkelsen… - Resuscitation, 2021 - Elsevier
Aim To evaluate the effect of pre-charging the defibrillator before rhythm analysis on hands-
off time in patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with shockable rhythm …

End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) and ventricular fibrillation amplitude spectral area (AMSA) for shock outcome prediction in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Are they …

L Frigerio, E Baldi, E Aramendi, B Chicote, U Irusta… - Resuscitation, 2021 - Elsevier
Aim Ventricular fibrillation amplitude spectral area (AMSA) and end-tidal carbon dioxide
(ETCO 2) are predictors of shock success, understood as restoration of an organized rhythm …

Predictive utility of end-tidal carbon dioxide on defibrillation success in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

MW Hubble, L Van Vleet, S Taylor… - Prehospital …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The likelihood of survival from ventricular fibrillation (VF) declines 7%-10% per
minute until successful defibrillation. When VF duration is prolonged, immediate …

Predefibrillation end-tidal CO2 and defibrillation success in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational cohort study

JL Kwong, IR Drennan, L Turner… - Emergency Medicine …, 2023 - emj.bmj.com
Background Predefibrillation end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2) may predict defibrillation success and
could guide defibrillation timing in ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest. This relationship …

Methodology and framework for the analysis of cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality in large and heterogeneous cardiac arrest datasets

X Jaureguibeitia, E Aramendi, U Irusta, E Alonso… - Resuscitation, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) data debriefing and clinical research
often require the retrospective analysis of large datasets containing defibrillator files from …