September 2016

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Published in issue: September 2016
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Editorial

The heart of the matter is brain: Monitoring cerebrovascular autoregulation after cardiac arrest
• Anders Aneman
Published online: June 28, 2016
A1-A2

Clinical Papers

Minimizing pre- and post-shock pauses during the use of an automatic external defibrillator by two different voice prompt protocols. A randomized controlled trial of a bundle of measures
• Stefanie G. Beesems,
• Jocelyn Berdowski,
• Michiel Hulleman,
• Marieke T. Blom,
• Jan G.P. Tijssen,
• Rudolph W. Koster
Published online: June 17, 2016
p1-6
Open Access

Dual defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective cohort analysis
• Elliot M. Ross,
• Theodore T. Redman,
• Stephen A. Harper,
• Julian G. Mapp,
• David A. Wampler,
• David A. Miramontes
Published online: June 21, 2016
p14-17

Effect of introduction of a standardized protocol in dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Michal Plodr,
• Anatolij Truhlar,
• Jaroslava Krencikova,
• ...
• Jiri Masek,
• Dana Bejrova,
• Jiri Paral
Published online: June 17, 2016
p18-23

Arterial blood gases during and their dynamic changes after cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A prospective clinical study
• Walter Spindelboeck,
• Geza Gemes,
• Christa Strasser,
• ...
• Philipp Metnitz,
• Josef Haas,
• Gerhard Prause
Published online: June 18, 2016
p24-29

Early neurologically focused follow-up after cardiac arrest is cost-effective: A trial-based economic evaluation
• Véronique R.M. Moulaert,
• Mariëlle Goossens,
• Irene L.C. Heijnders,
• Jeanine A. Verbunt,
• Caroline M. van Heugten
Published online: June 24, 2016
p30-36

Admission of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims to a high volume cardiac arrest center is linked to improved outcome
• Andreas Schober,
• Fritz Sterz,
• Anton N. Laggner,
• ...
• Günter Christ,
• Brigitte Meyer,
• Thomas Uray
Published online: June 28, 2016
p42-48

Combined use of the National Early Warning Score and D-dimer levels to predict 30-day and 365-day mortality in medical patients
• Christian H. Nickel,
• John Kellett,
• Tim Cooksley,
• Roland Bingisser,
• Daniel P. Henriksen,
• Mikkel Brabrand
Published online: June 22, 2016
p49-52

Heart rate response to therapeutic hypothermia in infants with hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy
• Maja Elstad,
• Xun Liu,
• Marianne Thoresen
Published online: June 28, 2016
p53-57
Echocardiographic left ventricular systolic dysfunction early after resuscitation from cardiac arrest does not predict mortality or vasopressor requirements
• Jacob C. Jentzer,
• Meshe D. Chonde,
• Asher Shafton,
• ...
• Didier Chalhoub,
• Andrew D. Althouse,
• Jon C. Rittenberger
Published online: July 01, 2016
p58-64

Quantitative analysis of duty cycle in pediatric and adolescent in-hospital cardiac arrest
• Heather Wolfe,
• Ryan W. Morgan,
• Aaron Donoghue,
• ...
• Robert A. Berg,
• Vinay M. Nadkarni,
• Robert M. Sutton
Published online: June 25, 2016
p65-69

Public-access AED pad application and outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Osaka, Japan
• Kosuke Kiyohara,
• Tetsuhisa Kitamura,
• Tomohiko Sakai,
• ...
• Tetsuya Sakamoto,
• Seishiro Marukawa,
• Taku Iwami
Published online: June 29, 2016
p70-75

Physiologic monitoring of CPR quality during adult cardiac arrest: A propensity-matched cohort study
• Robert M. Sutton,
• Benjamin French,
• Peter A. Meaney,
• ...
• Robert. A. Berg,
• Vinay M. Nadkarni
• for the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines–Resuscitation Investigators
Published online: June 24, 2016
p76-82

A comparison of therapeutic hypothermia and strict therapeutic normothermia after cardiac arrest
• Andrew Casamento,
• Adrian Minson,
• Samuel Radford,
• ...
• Elliott Ridgeon,
• Paul Young,
• Rinaldo Bellomo
Published online: June 24, 2016
p83-88

Prediction of cognitive outcome based on the progression of auditory discrimination during coma
• Elsa Juan,
• Marzia De Lucia,
• Athina Tzovara,
• ...
• Mauro Oddo,
• Stephanie Clarke,
• Andrea O. Rossetti
Published online: July 11, 2016
p89-95
Circulating microRNAs and sudden cardiac arrest outcomes
• P.L. Wander,
• D.A. Enquobahrie,
• C.C. Pritchard,
• ...
• T. Rea,
• D. Siscovick,
• N. Sotoodehnia
Published online: July 13, 2016
p96-101

Mechanical chest compression devices are associated with poor neurological survival in a statewide registry: A propensity score analysis
• Scott T. Youngquist,
• Patrick Ockerse,
• Sydney Hartsell,
• Chris Stratford,
• Peter Taillac
Published online: July 12, 2016
p102-107

Safety of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in patients under therapeutic hypothermia admitted for an acute coronary syndrome
• Gustavo Jiménez-Brítez,
• Xavier Freixa,
• Eduardo Flores,
• ...
• Salvatore Brugaletta,
• Mónica Masotti,
• Manel Sabaté
Published online: July 20, 2016
p108-112

Conduction disorders in bradyasystolic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
• Michiel Hulleman,
• Hanne Mes,
• Marieke T. Blom,
• Rudolph W. Koster
Published online: July 12, 2016
p113-119
Open Access

Using the relationship between brain tissue regional saturation of oxygen and mean arterial pressure to determine the optimal mean arterial pressure in patients following cardiac arrest: A pilot proof-of-concept study
• Mypinder S. Sekhon,
• Peter Smielewski,
• Tahara D. Bhate,
• ...
• Kenneth Gin,
• Graham Wong,
• Donald E. Griesdale
Published online: May 31, 2016
p120-125

Simulation and Education

Automated external defibrillation skills by naive schoolchildren
• Cristina Jorge-Soto,
• Cristian Abelairas-Gómez,
• Roberto Barcala-Furelos,
• ...
• María Muiño-Piñeiro,
• M. Pino Díaz-Pereira,
• Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez
Published online: June 26, 2016
p37-41

Experimental

Myocardial perfusion and oxidative stress after 21% vs. 100% oxygen ventilation and uninterrupted chest compressions in severely asphyxiated piglets
• Anne Lee Solevåg,
• Georg M. Schmölzer,
• Megan O’Reilly,
• ...
• Lisa K. Hornberger,
• Britt Nakstad,
• Po-Yin Cheung
Published online: June 21, 2016
p7-13

Letters to the Editor (online only)

Stop prolonging resuscitations in drowned patients with asystole
• Lotte Cathelijn Doeleman
Published online: June 24, 2016
e1

Reply to the letter: Stop prolonging resuscitations in drowned patients with asystole
• Anatolij Truhlář,
• Joost J.L.M. Bierens,
• Gavin D. Perkins
Published online: June 24, 2016
e3

Is a blood filled heart more susceptible to electric shock?
• Sion Jo,
• Jae Baek Lee,
• Youngho Jin,
• Taeoh Jeong,
• Jaechol Yoon
Published online: June 29, 2016
e5

Reply to letter: “Is a blood filled heart more susceptible to electric shock?”
• Mikkel T. Steinberg
Published online: June 29, 2016
e7

Reply to letter: Re: “A randomized control hands-on defibrillation study-Barrier use evaluation” by Wampler D, Kharod C, Bolleter S, Burkett A, Gabehart C, Manifold C [Resuscitation 2016;105:e13]
• Chetan Kharod,
• Scotty Bolleter,
• Craig Manifold,
• David Wampler
Published online: June 22, 2016
e9

Mechanical chest compression devices improve survival of liver grafts from donors after cardiac death
• A.A. Mateos Rodríguez,
• J.M. Navalpotro Pascual,
• F. Peinado Vallejo,
• A. Amado Belmonte,
• M. Abradelo de Usera,
• F. Rio Gallegos
Published online: June 23, 2016
e11-e12

Outcomes of extracorporeal life support in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA): Patient selection is crucial
• Yang Hyun Cho,
• Jae Seung Jung
Published online: June 17, 2016
e13

Clinical presentation, management and outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation at Tenwek hospital: The oCPRTen Study
• Morris Kitua,
• Mike Davis,
• Jackson Colvett,
• Michael Mwachiro,
• Rehan Qayyum
Published online: June 17, 2016
e15-e16

Sevoflurane during CPR for intraoperative cardiac arrest: To discontinue or to maintain?
• Stefania Franzini,
• Simona Neri
Published online: June 25, 2016
e17


The utility of ultrasonography to confirm proper endotracheal tube placement in neonates
• Shyh-Shyong Sim,
• Jen-Tang Sun,
• Chieh-Min Fan,
• Kuang-Chau Tsai
Published online: July 06, 2016
e19-e20


Education first: Content analysis of #erc15prague tweets
• Anita Lukic,
• Ileana Lulic,
• Ivan Kresimir Lukic
Published online: July 12, 2016
e21-e22

ETT tip positioning in Neonatal resuscitation guidelines
• Pankaj Sakhuja,
• Hilary Whyte
Published online: July 12, 2016
e23

Using an AED in particular environments: is it safe or not? Suggestions for lay people and their instructors
• Enrico Baldi,
• Enrico Contri
Published online: July 12, 2016
e25