Editorial of the Month
May 2012
- SOFA so good for predicting long-term outcomes
Predicting long-term outcomes is important at an individual patient level and perhaps even more so for improved definition of patient populations in clinical trials. In this issue of Resuscitation, Huang and colleagues show that the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score reliably predicted long-term outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Article of the Month
May 2012
- Neonatal resuscitation: In pursuit of evidence gaps in knowledge
Guidelines for the techniques of resuscitating newly born infants have undergone major revisions over the past 25 years. The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) is committed to "periodically developing and publishing a consensus on resuscitation science" every five years with the most recent Consensus on Science and Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) statement published in 2010.
Issue Highlights
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Use of beta-blockers for the treatment of cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia: A systematic reviewJune 2012 (Vol. 83 | No. 6 | Pages 674-683)
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Immediate coronary angiogram in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest—An Australian studyJune 2012 (Vol. 83 | No. 6 | Pages 699-704)
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Eleven years of experience with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for paediatric patients with in-hospital cardiac arrestJune 2012 (Vol. 83 | No. 6 | Pages 710-714)
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Survival and outcome prediction using the Apache III and the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) score in patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) following out-of-hospital, in-hospital or ICU cardiac arrestJune 2012 (Vol. 83 | No. 6 | Pages 728-733)
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Timing and teamwork—An observational pilot study of patients referred to a Rapid Response Team with the aim of identifying factors amenable to re-design of a Rapid Response SystemJune 2012 (Vol. 83 | No. 6 | Pages 782-787)
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Causes of in-hospital cardiac arrest and influence on outcome16 May 2012
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Safe campus using wireless managed automated external defibrillator(AED)14 May 2012
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COMPARISON OF TIMES OF INTERVENTION DURING PEDIATRIC CPR MANOEUVERS USING ABC AND CAB SEQUENCES: A RANDOMISED TRIAL10 May 2012
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A Low Tilt Waveform in the Transthoracic Defibrillation of Ventricular Arrhythmias during Cardiac Arrest10 May 2012
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Reply to letter: Aksu et al., Balanced vs. unbalanced crystalloid resuscitation in a near-fatal model of hemorrhagic shock and the effects on renal oxygenation, oxidative stress, and inflammation07 May 2012
